Gerald Clery Murphy and Sara Sherman Wiborg were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularly in the 1920s, that included a great number of artists and writers of the Lost Generation. Gerald had a brief but significant career as a painter.
Gerald and Sara Murphy at Cap d’Antibes beach, 1923
Gerald Murphy, Genevieve Carpenter, Cole Porter and Sara Murphy in Venice, 1923
Sara Murphy wearing pearls at Cap d’Antibes beach, 1923
Razor, Gerald Murphy, 1924, Dallas Museum of Art
Esther Strachey was an American academic, historian, and socialite.
Esther Murphy Arthur, 1920
Esther Murphy Arthur as a girl with her mother, Mrs. Patrick Francis Murphy, née Anna Ryan, between 1910 and 1915
Esther Murphy as a young girl, by George Gardner Rockwood (1832-1911), between 1907 and 1910
Esther Murphy Arthur as a girl with actor John Drew Jr., between 1910 and 1915