John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor, 1900–01, Oil oncanvas, 100 x 65 in., Promised gift of Barbra Streisand in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary
Barbra Streisand donates painting by Sargent to LACMA The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that Barbra Streisand has donated a stunning 1900–1901 portrait, Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor, by American artist John Singer Sargent.]]>
May 31, 2015, source: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Painted by Sargent in England during the last year of Queen Victoria’s remarkable andlengthy reign of economic progress and empire building, this striking depiction of Mrs.Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor represents the height of society portraiture.Commissioned by the family as a companion to the portrait of her husband WilliamMarshall Cazalet, now in a private collection, the pair of paintings decorated their countryhome Fairlawne in Kent, and became part of the British tradition of landed gentrymemorializing family predecessors by installing their portraits throughout the publicrooms of their grand mansions.
“Sargent was extremely popular with the British ruling class as he captured in his GrandManner portraits the opulence of British upper-class life,” said Dr. Ilene Susan Fort,senior curator and the Gail and John Liebes Curator of American Art at LACMA. “His useof large-scale canvases, bravura brushwork, dramatic drapery, and dazzling colors, canall be seen in his depiction of Maud Lucia Cazalet and her two sons.”
“When I approached the museum with the gift of my beautiful Sargent painting,I was asked to make it part of this campaign to build the collection which celebratesLACMA’s 50th, and I was thrilled to be part of this larger effort,” said Barbra Streisand.“I love this painting and am delighted to have found it a great home where it can bestudied and enjoyed by everyone.”
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