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PAUL TURNER SARGENT
1880-1946
A c. 1945 photograph of Paul Turner Sargent painting in his studio, which was attached to the Sargent farmhouse, Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois.
Photo courtesy of Eastern Illinois University.
Wheel Ruts in Dirt Road, c. 1910
Embarras River Overlook, South of Charleston, Illinois, 1918
Sargent Farm Buildings in the Snow, 1919
Boat Landing on the Embarras River, Coles County, Illinois, c. 1920
Dappled-Stream. c. 1920
Margaret "Pearl" Sargent Cox (1871-1941), the artist's sister, c. 1920s
The Sargent Chicken Yard, c. 1920s
Haywagon's Full, c. 1920s
Loading the Thresher, c. 1920s
Farmhands Resting, c. 1920s
The Waterboy [Joe Collins, 1908-1969], c. 1920s
Betsy and Tracy Feeding from a Wagon, 1922
Split Rail Fence, 1923
Indiana Beech Grove, 1924
This a Brown County, Indiana, scene.
Oak and Vista, 1924
This a Brown County, Indiana, scene.
Spotlight on Rolling Hills, 1925
This a Brown County, Indiana, scene.
Redbuds in Bloom, 1926
Ring with Redbuds, 1926
Slumbering Swine, 1926
In the Deep Woods, 1926
Winter Chores in the Sargent Farmyard, 1926
The woman to the left is Anna Turner Sargent (1848-1924), the artist's mother, and she is probably returning to the main house kitchen entrance with provisions from the hen house or root cellar. At the middle-background, holding an axe, is the Sargent farmhand Ernie A. Cox (1887-1971). The identity of the young man unloading firewood from the large sled is unknown. The boy pulling the child's sled is Joe Collins (1908-1969), a nephew of Ernie Cox. The animals are the cat Blackie, the team Betsy and Tracy, and the collie Ring.
This painting has a pathos not typically found in the works of Sargent. What is brought to mind is that life had not really changed much in rural communities for hundreds of years. And yet, the life depicted here is so very different from that of just a generation-or-so later. (Electricity was brought to the farm in 1948.)
Log Cabin of James and Polly Rennels, 1928
James and Polly Rennels were among the earliest settlers of Coles County, Illinois, and their home dates to c. 1836. It originally stood in Hutton Township (Section 32), then, in 1926, the structure was moved to Morton Park, Charleston, Illinois. Samuel Stephen Sargent (1892-1957), the artist's brother, was in charge of the dismantling and reconstruction. Only the stone center chimney and the back-to-back fireplaces survive to this day. For additional information on the Rennels home and this painting, please click here.
Betsy and Tracy, 1928
Cabin Above the Fog, 1928
This scene in the Smoky Mountains and was most likely painted by Sargent while on a drive to Florida to visit his father.
Spanish Moss over the Estero River, Estero, Florida, 1928
The building in the background may be the Estero Inn, which was built ca. 1910 on a curve in the Estero River west of Sandy Lane. To see a photograph of the Estero Inn, please click here.
John S. Sargent, the artist's father, was a member of the the Koreshan Unity Settlement and lived in Estero, Florida, from c. 1893 until his death in 1932.
Floweree Hunting Lodge / Horne Home, Braman Creek, Floweree Citrus Grove, Estero, Florida, c. 1928
In 1902, Daniel Floweree, a successful cattleman from Helena, Montana, who developed a citrus grove along the northern edge of the Estero River to the east of the Koreshan Settlement, built this hunting lodge on Braman Creek, a tributary of the Estero River. When he died, in 1912, the lodge became the home of the citrus grove's manager. At the time of this painting, John C. Horne was the overseer. A photo of the structure, which was demolished in the 1970's, may be seen here.
Live Oak with Spanish Moss, Estero, Florida, 1929
Exposed Roots, 1929
Yellow Beech, 1929
Haystacks with Vista, c. 1930
Salisbury Odd Fellows Lodge and General Store with Snow Sled, c. 1930
The Salisbury (Hutton) Odd Fellows Lodge, at the northeast corner of Washington Street (Coles Co. Rd. 5) and Carmon St., Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, was built in 1903, and it was once the area's community hub. The main floor was a general store, while the upstairs was used as an Odd Fellows lodge and a space where social gatherings were held. A fire, in 1957, destroyed the structure. The home on the left belonged to the Arthur Biggs family at the time of the painting. The home is still standing and can be seen in this photograph of the perspective as of February 2007.
Haystacks, 1930
Riley Creek, 1930
Horses Grazing in the Shade, 1931
Note that this is the painting on the easel in the c. 1945 Sargent studio photo at the top of the page. Though the painting dates to 1931, Sargent was making changes to it late in his life. There are some small differences between the painting here and that shown in the photo. According to Irene Sargent, the artist's sister-in-law, the painting was on the easel in the studio and paint not yet dry at the time of Sargent's death.
Going Fishing [Joe Collins and Ring], 1931
Red Maple, 1931
Hurricane Creek, 1931
A branch of the Hurricane Creek started on the Sargent farm.
Redbuds, 1932
Fall Vista, 1932
Cows on Hillside in the Fall, 1932
Wood House to the Back of Sargent's Home, 1934
Corona Del Mar, South of Balboa Bay, California, c. 1935
Corona Del Mar, South of Balboa Bay, California, 1935
Eagle in the Ponderosa Pines, c. 1935
This painting is featured in a ca. 1940's photo of Sargent's studio.
Path in the Sierras, 1935
Blue Sierras, 1935
El Capitan, Yosemite, 1935
This painting was once placed above Sargent's bed.
Hunter in the Sierras, c. 1935
The hunter may be a self-portrait.
Stand of Fall Oaks, 1935
Across a Field, c. 1935
Landscape with two Trees, 1936
Redbuds in Bloom, 1937
Autumn Glory, 1939
This painting was exhibited at the 1946 Paul Turner Sargent Memorial Exhibit, Main Auditorium, Eastern Sate Teacher's College, Charleston, Illinois. It was again shown at the Homecoming Memorial-Invitational Exhibition of Paul Turner Sargent at the Sargent Gallery (what had been the Main Auditorium) in Old Main, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. At the latter show, it was on loan from Mrs. Samuel (Irene) Sargent, the artist's sister-in-law, and it was voted the most popular painting of the 56 in the exhibit.
Sarah Virginia Turner Cooper (1849-1942), the artist's aunt, c. 1940
Shallow Creek, c. 1940
Oak Ridge in the Fall, c. 1940
Creek in Fall, c. 1940
Early Fall Balloons, c. 1940
President Buzzard's Iris Garden, Eastern Illinois State Teacher's College (Eastern Illinois University), Charleston, Illinois, 1940
Dr. Robert G. Buzzard, Eastern's president from 1932 to 1956, had installed a campus iris garden on the west side of Fourth Street and to the south of the power plant. For a c. 1940 photo of the garden looking to the south, as in this painting, please click here. The garden was destroyed when the temporary lab grade school building, a WWII surplus military structure, was moved to the area in the early 1950s. The author attend first through fifth grade in this building. The east addition to the Eastern's union and the parking lot on the addition's north side presently occupy the ground.
Roses in Green Vase, 1940
Hollyhocks, 1941
Along the Embarras River, 1942
Monarch, 1942
Blue Pond with Red Barn, 1944
Three Fishing Boats on the Embarras River, 1945
Line of Sycamores Near Carlyle, Illinois, 1945
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