About this artwork
Although best known for his portraits, John Singer Sargent was also an accomplished plein air (outdoor) painter. In this uncommissioned likeness of his longtime friend Chicagoan Charles Deering at his home in Florida, the artist harmonized portraiture and landscape, weaving the sitter into a tapestry of swift brushstrokes, warm and cool hues, and the area’s rich vegetation. Dressed in white, Deering relaxes in a cane chair with tropical foliage around him as well as views of boats and blue sky in the distance. Sargent stayed with Deering for two months in 1917 while spending considerable time painting outdoors in both oil and watercolor.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 171
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- John Singer Sargent
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Title
- Portrait of Charles Deering
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1917
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed recto, lower left, in brown paint: To My Friend / Charles Deering; signed and inscribed recto, lower right, in brown paint: John S. Sargent Miami 1917.
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Dimensions
- 72.4 × 53.3 cm (28 1/2 × 21 in.)
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Credit Line
- Anonymous loan
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Reference Number
- 8.2002
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