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Decipher Sargent (and others)

Each painting shows two people bonded physically and psychologically plus a third person who seems set apart and detached. Gorgeous paintings, love Sargent!

The key to the secret of...

Laurel:
Very well said. This kind of analysis is a basic training for us.
The key to the secret of Mr.Kinstler's design is he mastered the spirit of great artists, especially Sargent and Zorn. Then he developed his own distinguished stile. Try if you can trace an analogy between a work of Sargent and this:
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/hepburn/latecareer.html

http://www.theplayersnyc.org/
http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/...n_atelier.html
http://www.anderszorn.info/portraits/tof88.html
http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/...27s_Mother.htm
http://www.abcgallery.com/S/serov/serov117.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/R/repin/repin43.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pavlov_nesterov.jpeg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayceman/241045378/

It is not possible to decode all the secrets of an art work, although some secrets are easier to be probed, but have not been disclosed.
Now, look at those paintings you are so familiar with, were written, lectured, or explained as the "final secret". A question still remain:

Is there an undisclosed design code (pattern), plays an importrant role in whole or in detail, for all these following, and many more master works?

http://jssgallery.org/Paintings/Lady_Agnew.htm
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Repin_Cossacks.jpg

Sorry, WB, I have no idea. But I do want to thank you for posting all the links to these beautiful portraits.

We may cite the adage, "Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it." To cross the threshold is not difficult, and mastery, too, is possible provided one sets one's mind to the task and is good at learning.
Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty.
Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency. Our attitude towards ourselves should be "to be insatiable in learning" and towards others "to be tireless in teaching". (Mao)

Albert Einstein:
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."

Julie:
Your attitude--honesty and modesty, "to be insatiable in learning", is better than one who pretends "as a judge of Truth".