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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait group -- Family
Ethnic -- French
Portrait male -- Besnard, Albert
Occupation -- Art
Portrait female -- Besnard, Albert, Mrs. (Charlotte Dubray)
Occupation -- Art
Portrait male -- Benard, Robert
Ceremony -- Other
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Object -- Foodstuff
Object -- Other
Painting
Fete Familiale, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Fete Familiale, (painting).
Other Titles:
Birthday Party, (painting).
Fete Familiale: The Birthday Party, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1885 (?).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
24 x 29 in. (61.0 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Albert
Besnard
(1849-1934), his wife,
Charlotte
Dubray
(1855-1931), and their child Robert (1881/82-1914) seated at a table.
Mrs
.
Besnard
, who wears a red dress, reaches across the table and cuts a piece of birthday cake, which is in front of her son. The candles on the cake are lit.
Albert
Besnard
stands behind his wife near the table. His face is unfinished. A lit lamp is in the upper right corner and several dishes are on the table.
Subject:
Portrait
group
--
Family
Ethnic
--
French
Portrait
male
--
Besnard
,
Albert
--
Waist
length
Occupation
--
Art
--
Artist
Portrait
female
--
Besnard
,
Albert
,
Mrs
. (
Charlotte
Dubray
)
--
Waist
length
Occupation
--
Art
--
Sculptor
Portrait
male
--
Benard, Robert
--
Bust
Ceremony
--
Other
--
Birthday
Architecture interior
--
Domestic
--
Dining Room
Object
--
Foodstuff
--
Cake
Object
--
Other
--
Dish
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 Accession Number: 62.84
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 154.
Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.
Exhibition catalog: "Dedicatory Exhibition Honoring
Mrs
. Alice Tweed Tuohy, November 5 through December 5, 1965, Tweed Gallery, University of Minneosota, Duluth," (Duluth, MN: Tweed Gallery, 1965).
"A Guide to the Galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts," Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 157.
Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982, pl. 126.
"A Guide to the Galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts," Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970, pg. 23.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 80440051
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