Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife, (painting).

Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife, (painting).

Out-of-Doors Study, (painting).

Digital Reference:

25 15/16 x 31 3/4 in. (65.9 x 80.7 cm)

(Lower right:) John S. Sargent signed

Portrait of Paul Helleu (1859-1927) seated in the grass before an easel. He holds a palette in one hand, and with a brush he paints with his other hand. His wife leans against him and stares off into the distance. Behind them is a boat with an oar.

Portrait group -- Family -- Spouses

Portrait male -- Helleu, Paul -- Full length

Portrait female -- Helleu, Paul, Mrs. (Alice Louise Guerin) -- Waist length

Occupation -- Art -- Painter

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Landscape -- Water

Architecture -- Boat

Object -- Art Tool -- Easel

Object -- Art Tool -- Palette

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Accession Number: 20.640

Formerly in the collection of Helleu, Paul, Passy, France

Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred Seventeenth Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922, no. 253.

"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 930.

Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 118.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 230.

Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.

"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.

Domit, Moussa M., "American Impressionist Painting," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1973, fig. 55.

Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, watercolors," New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

"The Brooklyn Museum handbook," Brookylyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1967.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pl. 114.

Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 119.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 231.

Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982, fig. 164.

Domit, Moussa M., "American Impressionist Painting," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1973, pg. 121.

Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, watercolors," New York: Harper & Row, 1970, pl. 57.

"The Brooklyn Museum handbook," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1967, p. 494.

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