New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
II SARGENT PICTURE.
Mss CARROTS Gift to Johns Hop
kins CnueiLed.
tsy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. ]

= pOTITalI Er0un I0r.
~ Ut WEIGH Dr. Kelly and Dr. Halstead sur
s0o"S OF The Johns Hopkins University faculty
pa4n'eo ny John 5. Sargent r. A. and presented
- 'e4slly py Miss Mary Garrett of Balti-
=; - vas ""S unveiled this evening IN Mccoy Hall
AZ tS presence OF members Of the faculty, trustees
Gnu students OF the university and many people
pioinheht IN professional and society circles Miss
''afrett In presenting the gift, said:
In IN the early DAYS of the university before the
were called to BamoTe bT the wson Ss iogr og P1es en
hospital Tba anu Inc trustees OF the university and
Schuol OF The university is due in great measure
praconers and teacRers To tbs s IS
ar n5nS and maintaining the highest standards
- ,r,t dntulgal uAchng and to their devotion the
'r9esl I eal ioeal Of scientific medicine
!, ne Ionns Hopkins MedIcat ocnool has complete
~ TeEolulionized the study of medicine by women.
great schnI tI, ~ snc same opportunity as men in
81 . great hospital. and 1t has given them these
the broad scientific spirit OF the eminent teachers
S Mlo nave created the Medical School. Chief among
p5[Sehlea i5 10 the university tribute of admira-
sonsl gratt,nG - 60 IN & ,9i esIon OF my sincere per
"ieulcai teaching Of the uniyersity
PRESIDENT Remsen IN accepting the portrait, spoke
u MISS CARROTS generous aid to the university
ana Ie medical school. and said the portrait would
ever be reminder OF her generosity and of the ser
'lSes rendered by the four men represented in it.
toEa! Coriissoz the cr1 critic spoke in praise Of
SaIgerts work. saying, in part:
John Sargent IS an original naio+ar and his oris
nahiy declared itself al the very beginning of his
- 81, uhoer peculiar circumst&rces He was born
- Itai, 'oiGhCe and ne Was hrought up a BOY IN
Ila5 f5 II is interesting TO think of this American.
existence, among the old masters; being subjected
20 lle!r poWeriut influence day 10y day. 1t would
ai aaGu'A would inevitably have had an eject upon
viII 1 6,i q, When you come 10 study Sargents
9 Stis ever mad any share in tho formation of his
-; iiS "as born with modern point OF view,
nc sne "ner as youth he proceeded TO Paris 70
s,-oE $50 the radEnents Of his profession lie went
SlTSIE{ 10 the one lainer there Who was best
o 1ISuistto 10 nelp him in the development OF his
taught SARGENT how to hard de his brushes in
fNuIklhdllllke manner, how draw and model with
keep MS on the object When he VAS paisfing 90
s, - ahs sure OF his facts say that Duran taught
,5 per that the pupil had latent his brain and
great deal more II was natural for him 70 see see
eleaIl}y, 10 draw tTuthfuly. What Duran did was
10 10 ea neP @ m 70 develop and organize his gift and
sympathy with modern life
lie has produced hundreds Of porttaits, and all
what tie characters of these stters. he has put
iindersiaRd1g rTT aiop [se Ganyss with complete
portrait @ in the Luxembourg Of the Spanish dancer
years since Think of iSs r f"elT9 Eve or & NJ
o. me portrait of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth"
and sensuous movement exactly partraved In lie
an fs1 oI , i5te - queen Of tragedy bodied forth in
81 these contrasts whfch indicate his wide range
might be cited indedndIy. bur sometbinr mnst he
sd7q OF ms technique and bis style.
ara ti-'5 WIN of -
soul. it means his way Of iookirg ~ he s,hiet 4,
means The subtle spirit that dominates his treat 4
lneRt ri that subject But II means also i'm paint
ing sclneth1g WhicA can best he described by ref
erence % tangible things. The way in which a man
free unconventional manner: the wav ~ wbicH ~ ne
EaeNs Caeo4 ald uodeis, whether powerfully or deli
whether brilliantly subtly-aI these things go
70 ,P, 1e making of style and there is one other
and thai is the manner in which the brush moves
across the surface, and leaves kind Of a texture
% dtipli+T laeie. In The painted surface feel
tne very nerves that in the painters hand; you
the brush; something in the very grain Of his nat
This grain with Sargent is Of the very essence of
ms s1yie II means swift sure, bold and direct
neSn fns ,hsJ o his paintings are executed as in
work, and often does things over and over before
he let's them leave the studio But there IS the
point He starts afresh and does them over. or he
completes Paints out Part Of portrait and does
portrait into shape: ne IS never s,Fa4sr e1a nir
CLING He never leaves a difficult passage in OBJ
in flash of lightning practically completing a
boTtTsIt az one sitting In any case this. then. IS
mastery OF his instruments. strong masculine
a man hr1mming over with The nervous force Of
modern character, and 70 skilful that before
OF his portraits YOU feel yourself in the presence
0erfdo e Eo9 % q @ rs & tshpi6s "a t Rerecto That That
to Johns Hopkins University
There hangs in the public gallery OF The Hague.
R 5so e1 The G WoT4 !,, renoT@d Ne, pictures
that painting IS 80 famous? Partly because 1T iF
2 good pe"e OF workmanship. partly because OF
the strength OF Rembrsndt's stvle But IL il not
also because those old doctors leaning over
toward the corpse IN the foreground. and listening
so eagerly 10 the words that almost hear
they fall from the lips Of Or Tuln are human
benFr individuals who look at the gulf
OF time az though they lived and breathed? These
seventeenth century figures Ike
selves. and we greet them with sympathy. II e
because Sargent has done IN this painting what
Rembrandt did in HIS that il IS great portrait.
j Is great portrait because through the magic
or Sargents brush future generations will look at
the doctors in this painting and greet them with
sympathy.