John Singer Sargent

pencil drawing of seated man with leg crossed atop his knee
The Eveillard Gift
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This exhibition presents a remarkable promised gift of European works on paper. Along with figurative sketches, independent studies, and portraits are two vivid landscape scenes. Artists include Boucher, Caillebotte, Degas, Fragonard, Goya, Sargent, and Vigée Le Brun.

Oil painting of virgin and child in garden
Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery
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From November 5, 2014, through February 1, 2015, the Frick presented ten masterpieces of painting from the Scottish National Gallery. The museum, one of the finest in the world, is distinguished for its holdings of works by the greatest masters of Western art and for its comprehensive collection of Scottish art. The exhibition featured paintings from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries that invite illuminating comparisons to the Frick's permanent collection.

Oil painting of woman in white dress with lilac sash sitting in chair
New York’s Frick Collection Launches American Tour of Works from the National Galleries of Scotland
video still of Aimee Ng looking at drawing of woman closely
Curators Reflect: Sargent’s “Virginie Amélie Avegno, Madame Gautreau (Madame X)”

Curator Aimee Ng explores why she views this newly acquired study for John Singer Sargent’s infamous painting Madame X as “one of the most human of his many renderings of Madame Gautreau.” The expressive drawing is currently on display at Frick Madison in The Eveillard Gift, through February 26, 2023.

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Virginie Amélie Avegno, Madame Gautreau (Madame X), ca. 1884

Link to video of Richard Ormond lecture
Richard Ormond: “Sargent’s Lady Agnew of Lochnaw”

Richard Ormond, the leading expert on John Singer Sargent, will trace the artist’s career from its beginnings to his major breakthrough in 1892 with his execution of the ravishing portrait of Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew, which opened the way to the British market and catapulted him to fame as a transatlantic superstar.

Link to introductory video for the exhibition 'Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery'
Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery

Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at The Frick Collection, introduces the exhibition Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery, on view in the East Gallery through February 1, 2015.