Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . PORTRAIT OF MY DAUGHTERSFRANK WESTON BENSON 134 FRANK WESTOX BENSON American, 1862-PORTRAIT OF MY DAUGHTKRS This painting Is an example of portraiture which possessesin addition the quaHties of a picture. This is not solely due toelements of design but also to a treatment suggestive enoughto render the objective facts not too insistent. Indeed, the localcharacteristics remain subordinate to a spirit of happinessexpressed in delicate tones of light and shade, which play onthe white of the girls dresses and on the cool blue, yellow, andgreen of the landscap
Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . PORTRAIT OF MY DAUGHTERSFRANK WESTON BENSON 134 FRANK WESTOX BENSON American, 1862-PORTRAIT OF MY DAUGHTKRS This painting Is an example of portraiture which possessesin addition the quaHties of a picture. This is not solely due toelements of design but also to a treatment suggestive enoughto render the objective facts not too insistent. Indeed, the localcharacteristics remain subordinate to a spirit of happinessexpressed in delicate tones of light and shade, which play onthe white of the girls dresses and on the cool blue, yellow, andgreen of the landscape. The tone of the fresh faces bathed Inreflected light, the brown hair, and a bowl of red and 3^ellowflowers give warmth to the picture. Oil on canvas, 26 inches by 36 inches. Signed and dated 1907 135. PORTRAIT OF LADY WARWICK AND HER SONJOHN SINGER SARGENT 136 JOHX SINGER SARC^KXT American, 1856-PORTRAIT OF \AD\ WARWICK AM) SOX This Portrait oj Lady IVarzvick and IIcr Son shows unusual dexterity. It is, perhaps, on brilHant iccli-nique that his reputation rests rather than on an} originalconception of subject. His attitude is one of a naturalisticpainter with an eloquent brush. The composition and design ofthis group is as conservative as the attitude tow^ards its com-ponent parts, and it is in the brushw^ork that w^e iind the excep-tional note. Oil on canvas, 106 inches by 60 inches. Signed and dated 1905 137
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