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Charles Martin Loeffler
John Singer Sargent American
Not on view
Alsace-born Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935) was an outstanding violinist and composer. Trained in Paris, he moved to Boston in 1882 to become assistant concertmaster at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. For nearly twenty years he played a leading role in the musical life of the city, retiring from the orchestra in 1903 to concentrate on composition. Like Sargent, he was a close friend of Isabella Stewart Gardner, who invited him to play at her celebrated concerts. Artist and sitter first met in Boston in 1887. Loeffler admired Sargent’s musical talents, recalling, "he was in music as in all things frightfully intelligent." The portrait was painted in the Gothic Room of Fenway Court, Mrs. Gardner’s Boston home (now the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum) and presented to her for her birthday.
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