In 1883 Sargent exhibited at the Salon his portrait which he called Portraits d'Enfants or Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. Its composition was criticized for its "four corners and a void" the children not having any relationship to each other but the painting, overall, was widely praised. (Charteris, P57-58). The painting is large and exactly square, for this reason and it's composition, it baffled and intrigued the critics of the day.
When I first saw this picture I found it rather odd myself. I felt the girls are curiously isolated from each other even before I read Charteris's account. The title of the painting clearly indicates that these are daughters, but it was my first inclination that the front two girls must be the daughters -- but what am I to make of the rear two girls? Why would he paint them in such a fashion? They are both clearly dressed in very similar clothes, almost a uniform -- could they be children of servants? The one in profile is almost unintelligible as......

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