1880, John Singer Sargent, Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Sargent met Chilean diplomat and aspiring artist Ramón Subercaseaux (1854-1937) in 1880 when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Subercaseaux's wife, Amalia (shown in the next gallery). Amalia recalled that Sargent became "a real friend" and "was a man of very pleasant manners." Their friendship was long-lasting—the two artists even shared a studio in Venice for a short time in the early 1880s. In this candid and experimental sketch, Sargent recorded his friend at work in a gondola on a canal. According to Subercaseaux's son, at the same moment, Ramón was painting a watercolor portrait of Sargent (location unknown). Sargent contrasted the hazy, filtered glow of light inside the gondola with the sparkling water of the canal outside.
1880, John Singer Sargent, Ramón Subercaseaux in a Gondola -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Sargent met Chilean diplomat and aspiring artist Ramón Subercaseaux (1854-1937) in 1880 when he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Subercaseaux's wife, Amalia (shown in the next gallery). Amalia recalled that Sargent became "a real friend" and "was a man of very pleasant manners." Their friendship was long-lasting—the two artists even shared a studio in Venice for a short time in the early 1880s. In this candid and experimental sketch, Sargent recorded his friend at work in a gondola on a canal. According to Subercaseaux's son, at the same moment, Ramón was painting a watercolor portrait of Sargent (location unknown). Sargent contrasted the hazy, filtered glow of light inside the gondola with the sparkling water of the canal outside.