Carolus-Duran
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Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran, was a French painter and art instructor during the Belle Époque. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republ
Portrait by John Singer Sargent, 1879, oils; Clark Art Institute
Carolus-Duran (c. 1880)
The Lady in Gloves, modeled by his wife Pauline
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John Singer Sargent
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John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Belle Époque and Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 o
Carolus-Duran
…at Fréjus, where he owned a small villa. Following his death at age 79, the resort named a plaza and a beach after him. His pupils reportedly included John Singer Sargent, Hiram Reynolds Bloomer, Irving Ramsey Wiles, Ralph Wormeley Curtis, Francis Brooks Chadwick, Emma Chadwick Jan Stanisławski (painter), Kenyon Cox…
Sargent in 1903
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fanny Watts, Sargent's childhood friend. The first painting at Paris Salon, 1877, Philadelphia Museum of Art
An Out-of-Doors Study, 1889, depicting Paul César Helleu sketching with his wife Alice Guérin. The Brooklyn Museum, New York