John Singer Sargent

impressionism

Sargent Paintings 1856 - 1925 Painter, Guitarist, United States, American Impressionism

Elsie Palmer , 1889

Oil on canvas

Private collection

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OIL PAINTING: Elsie Palmer , 1889
Miss Elsie Palmer later Mrs. L. H. Myers (1873-1955). She was the daughter of a wealthy expatriate American from Colorado. Mrs. Palmer had rented the Ightham Mote house near Kent of which Sargent became a frequent guest. It was here that he also painted A Game of Bowls.
At this time, Sargent was far more popular with Americans and although Elsie herself was American it would be paintings such as this that did much to break the ice with the British and eventually bring them around to Sargent style.