Title:
Paul Turner Sargent
Accession#:
2002.01.02
Pubication Date:
October 20—27, 1946
Object ID:
KL—0080
Collection:
Koreshan Pamphlets
Additional Notes & Full Text:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Paul Sargent, Son of John S. Sargent and a fine artist. THE FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by Max E. Arendt; June 1932: "Mr. Paul Sargent, who had been visiting at the Unity for several weeks, left for his home at Charleston, Illinois. He was accompanied as far as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, by Sister Cora Stephens and her daughter, Alafae, who will visit relatives there. Before his departure Mr. Sargent exhibited some of the paintings which he had partly or completely finished during his visit, much to the enjoyment of those who appreciate the high quality of his work. Needless to say, we will miss Mr. Sargent's presence and hope for visit soon again." "Paul Sargent has painted another portrait of Dr. J. R. Price, and needless to say, it is excellently done."
Flaming SWORD, Community Current Events by Adah J. Price, April 1938: "News comes to us of progress in the art world of Mr. Paul T. Sargent of Charleston, Illinois, son our our late beloved Brother John S. Sargent. Mr. Sargent had on exhibit in the Lieber Gallery of Indianapolis, Indiana, nineteen canvases. Several of Mr. Sargent's paintings are now on display in our Art Hall, which he painted in Estero several years ago when here visiting his father."
THE FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events, Apr 1946, p. 10: "The Unity recently received news of the sudden death of Mr. Paul Sargent, son of Brother John Sargent one of the early Koreshan pioneers and writer on THE SWORD staff. Paul spent some time with us and several of his paintings are on exhibit in the Art Hall. He died sitting at his library table of heart trouble. His brother John came into the room, noticed his lamp chimney seemed to be tipping off, went to him and found Paul's spirit gone on to his new spiritual sphere."
Flaming SWORD, Community Current Events by Adah J. Price, April 1938: "News comes to us of progress in the art world of Mr. Paul T. Sargent of Charleston, Illinois, son our our late beloved Brother John S. Sargent. Mr. Sargent had on exhibit in the Lieber Gallery of Indianapolis, Indiana, nineteen canvases. Several of Mr. Sargent's paintings are now on display in our Art Hall, which he painted in Estero several years ago when here visiting his father."
THE FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events, Apr 1946, p. 10: "The Unity recently received news of the sudden death of Mr. Paul Sargent, son of Brother John Sargent one of the early Koreshan pioneers and writer on THE SWORD staff. Paul spent some time with us and several of his paintings are on exhibit in the Art Hall. He died sitting at his library table of heart trouble. His brother John came into the room, noticed his lamp chimney seemed to be tipping off, went to him and found Paul's spirit gone on to his new spiritual sphere."
Author:
Artists Guild of Eastern Illinois
Summary:
This summary comes from the first page of the program:
PAUL TURNER SARGENT
Paul Turner Sargent, outstanding landscape painter of east—
ern Illinois and Indiana, died February 7, 1946, on the same farm
in Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, where—he was born,
July 23, 1880. He was the son of John Stephan Sargent and Anna
Marie Turner Sargent.
Mr. Sargent's ability in art was shown early by the sketches
he made in school, where one of his teachers, John M. Harlow,
encouraged him by showing the drawings to the other pupils.
Later a sister loaned him her oils to paint for amusement during
an illness. Further encouragement was given by Miss Anna
Piper, instructor in art at the Eastern Illinois State Normal School,
who urged him to continue his study; and by Otis Caldwell, in—
structor in botany, who employed Sargent to assist him in. illus—
trating a textbook. Caldwell also secured similar work for him
at the University of Chicago, to help finance his studies at the
Art Institute.
While a student in Chicago, Sargent received many honorable
mentions and won three competitions for murals to be placed in
municipal buildings. His special interest in landscape wa.s devel—
oping, spurred on by painting during summer vacations with'
Charles Francis. Browne of the Institute.
Leaving the Art Institute in 1912, Sargent began his work as
a professional painter in the studio on his farm in LIutton Town—
ship. He continued to exhibit at the Institute during the next ten
years. Some of his earlier works were shown in the second an—
nual exhibition of the Art Association of Charleston, in 1913. From
that grew the interested patronage of Miss Gay Anderson, who
promoted sales by exhibiting his canvases in her home.
In 1920, Sargent made his first trip to Brown County, Indiana;
joined the well—established colony of artists there; helped to found
the Brown County Art Association; and painted the country,
which was to attract his brush for many years. His painting,
"The Water Boy," was purchased in 1922 by the Marshall Field
Company for reproduction on calendars. The original painting
now hang's in the Butler School in Chicago.
W^ith increasing interest in landscape, Sargent traveled
through many states in the succeeding years. The Smoky Moun—
tains of Tennessee, the Michigan North Woods, the Missouri
Ozarks, the ranch lands of Idaho, the rocky coasts of California
and the low levels of Florida were among the places he visited
and painted.
From the spirited brush of Paul Turner Sargent came under—
standing impressions of nature, interpreted by an artist who held
in quiet reverence the beauty of its planes. The autumn maple,
the silver birch, the harvest fields bathed in sunlight, the redbuds
of spring, the distant hills and blue horizons found attentive re—
sponse in this painter who was sensitive to the subtle effects of
light and shadow.
PAUL TURNER SARGENT
Paul Turner Sargent, outstanding landscape painter of east—
ern Illinois and Indiana, died February 7, 1946, on the same farm
in Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, where—he was born,
July 23, 1880. He was the son of John Stephan Sargent and Anna
Marie Turner Sargent.
Mr. Sargent's ability in art was shown early by the sketches
he made in school, where one of his teachers, John M. Harlow,
encouraged him by showing the drawings to the other pupils.
Later a sister loaned him her oils to paint for amusement during
an illness. Further encouragement was given by Miss Anna
Piper, instructor in art at the Eastern Illinois State Normal School,
who urged him to continue his study; and by Otis Caldwell, in—
structor in botany, who employed Sargent to assist him in. illus—
trating a textbook. Caldwell also secured similar work for him
at the University of Chicago, to help finance his studies at the
Art Institute.
While a student in Chicago, Sargent received many honorable
mentions and won three competitions for murals to be placed in
municipal buildings. His special interest in landscape wa.s devel—
oping, spurred on by painting during summer vacations with'
Charles Francis. Browne of the Institute.
Leaving the Art Institute in 1912, Sargent began his work as
a professional painter in the studio on his farm in LIutton Town—
ship. He continued to exhibit at the Institute during the next ten
years. Some of his earlier works were shown in the second an—
nual exhibition of the Art Association of Charleston, in 1913. From
that grew the interested patronage of Miss Gay Anderson, who
promoted sales by exhibiting his canvases in her home.
In 1920, Sargent made his first trip to Brown County, Indiana;
joined the well—established colony of artists there; helped to found
the Brown County Art Association; and painted the country,
which was to attract his brush for many years. His painting,
"The Water Boy," was purchased in 1922 by the Marshall Field
Company for reproduction on calendars. The original painting
now hang's in the Butler School in Chicago.
W^ith increasing interest in landscape, Sargent traveled
through many states in the succeeding years. The Smoky Moun—
tains of Tennessee, the Michigan North Woods, the Missouri
Ozarks, the ranch lands of Idaho, the rocky coasts of California
and the low levels of Florida were among the places he visited
and painted.
From the spirited brush of Paul Turner Sargent came under—
standing impressions of nature, interpreted by an artist who held
in quiet reverence the beauty of its planes. The autumn maple,
the silver birch, the harvest fields bathed in sunlight, the redbuds
of spring, the distant hills and blue horizons found attentive re—
sponse in this painter who was sensitive to the subtle effects of
light and shadow.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
See summary.
Object Name:
Program
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
People:
Sargent, Paul
Phys Desc:
18 p.
Publisher:
Artists Guild of Eastern Illinois
Publication Place:
Charleston Illinois
Subjects:
Art Works
Sargent, Paul
Sargent, Paul
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