Cosmopolitanism and the Gilded Age
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Young Boy on the Beach, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877
In 1877, early in his career, the American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent spent the summer painting in the picturesque Breton fishing town of Cancale. His intention was to make sketches for his first major outdoor subject, which would command attention in important exhibitions in France and the United States. To suit the different audiences, Sargent painted two slightly varied versions of the scene, one for Paris titled En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish) (1878, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) and a smaller version called Fishing for Oysters at Cancale (1878, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), which may have begun as a preparatory sketch for the larger work. Using fluid, animated brushwork, he painted these sketches of individual figures on-site and worked from them to create the two finished compositions in his studio. A contemporary interest in themes of peasant life, especially fisher-folk, determined his choice of subject.
Learn more about the individual sketches for these two paintings on the Terra Foundation website.
Cosmopolitanism and the Gilded Age
Childe Hassam (1859–1935)
Une Averse—rue Bonaparte, 1887
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
Morning at Breakwater, Shinnecock, c. 1897
Edmund C. Tarbell (1862–1938)
In the Orchard, 1891
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
Summertime, 1894
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Breton Woman with a Basket, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Breton Girl with a Basket, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Girl on the Beach, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Young Boy on the Beach, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
The Zattere: Harmony in Blue and Brown, c. 1879
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
Note in Red: The Siesta, by 1884
Joseph H. Boston (1860–1954)
From Shore to Shore, 1885
George de Forest Brush (1855–1941)
The Weaver, 1889
Theodore Wendel (1859–1932)
Brook, Giverny, 1887
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861–1948)
On the Veranda, 1887
Charles Courtney Curran (1861–1942)
Lotus Lilies, 1888
Dennis Miller Bunker (1861–1890)
Brittany Town Morning, Larmor, 1884
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot, 1888
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
Spring Flowers (Peonies), by 1889
Childe Hassam (1859–1935)
Horse Drawn Cabs at Evening, New York, c. 1890
John Leslie Breck (1860–1899)
Garden at Giverny (In Monet's Garden), c. 1887–91
Guy Rose (1867–1925)
Giverny Hillside, c. 1890–91
Childe Hassam (1859–1935)
Horticulture Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Theodore Robinson (1852–1896)
Blossoms at Giverny, 1891–92
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933)
Self-Portrait, c. 1889–96
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937)
Les Invalides, Paris, 1896
John H. Twachtman (1853–1902)
Winter Landscape, c. 1890–1900
Willard Metcalf (1858–1925)
Havana Harbor, 1902
Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)
Portrait of Thomas J. Eagan, 1907
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938)
Portrait of a Lady Holding a Rose, 1912
Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874–1939)
Lady in a Garden, c. 1912