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2/4/2010

Gary Noel


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Exhibit:  Sargent
Title:  Paul Helleu Sketching with his Wife
Dimensions:  66.37cm x 81.61cm (26.13inches x 32.13inches)
Medium:  Oil on canvas, Painted 1889
Location (museum, gallery or other):  The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Location URL:  http://www.brooklynmuseum.org
Painting Description and Background Information:  

Exhibitions:
John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York & The Art Institute of Chicago.1986-1987

Paul Cesar Helleu (1858-1927) was one of Sargent's closes friends. Helleu and Sargent first met in Paris in 1878, Helleu was 18 and Sargent was 22 yrs old. Sargent was becoming known to the public and getting commissioned for work. On the other hand Helleu was at a very low ebb in his life, Helleu was very despondent and financially strapped with hardly any money to eat. He was at the edge of the precipice of having to leave his studies in art due to the lack of funds. Having not sold anything he became deeply discouraged to carry on.

Sargent having heard of Helleu's plight. Sargent went to visit Helleu at his gallery, while there Sargent viewed Helleu's pictures and he picked out one of Helleu's paintings and praised it's merits. Hearing this lifted Helleu's spirits and felt very flatter by Sargent, as Sargent being a successful artist would think so kindly of his work that he offered the painting to Sargent's as a gift.

Sargent gladly excepted the painting but not as a gift. Sargent knowing from his oven experience how much work goes into producing a painting that he handed Helleu a 1000-franc note. Helleu had never seen a 1000-francs before. Sargent without mentioning Helleu's financially difficulties helped him out and lifted his self esteem.

Paul Helleu met Alice Louise Guerin in Paris in 1884 and they married two years later in 1886. Alice became Helleu favorite model. Over the years painting her in paints, pastels and lithographs. When they visited Sargent Alice was 19 and Sargent was 30 years old.


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