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The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (originally titled Portraits d'enfants) is a painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent. The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment.
Dec 6, 2023 · Another painting exhibited at the Paris Salon and designed to showcase Sargent’s talent was The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, a commissioned life-sized group portrait of a wealthy Bostonian’s four daughters posed within the foyer of the family’s Parisian apartment.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit was painted in Paris in the autumn of 1882, one of a number of portraits of members of the American expatriate community that Sargent made in the French capital in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
Sep 8, 2023 · Ned and Isa, the Boit parents, actually hired a Sargent to paint a traditional portrait of their four daughters, but given that they were all friends – and fellow expat Americans living in Paris – they gave him permission to experiment.
Nov 23, 2022 · John Singer Sargent’s enigmatic masterpiece, explained Sargent painted “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” when he was 26. He never topped it.
The four Daughters of Edward Darley Boit are, from left to right: Mary Louisa (1874-1945, about 8 years old at the time), Flourennce (1868-1919, about 14 yrs old), Jane (1870-1955, about 12 yrs old), and Julia (1878-1969, about 4 yrs old).
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Mar 28, 2023 · The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (originally titled Portraits d'enfants) is a painting by John Singer Sargent. The painting depicts four young girls, the daughters of Edward Darley Boit, in their family's Paris apartment. It was painted in 1882 and is now exhibited in the new Art of the Americas Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
