Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple)

Museum record 159722: Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple) by John Singer Sargent. A verified entry point for discovery.

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For Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple) (record 159722), start with modern, expressive, atmospheric. Compare the focal subject, edge treatment, and atmosphere before moving on.

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The sitter was the wife of Charles Deering, Chicago businessman, important benefactor of the Art Institute, and lifelong friend and patron of artist John Singer Sargent. In this half-length portrait, the painter depicted Marion Deering seated with her right arm resting on a chairback, her eyes engaging the viewer. Sargent rendered her face and hand with a high degree of finish, skills he had fine-tuned in the 1870s while a student in Paris. The broader handling of paint in her dress and its lace embellis…