78:
27:
107:
409:
391:
135:. Raised in Cincinnati, she moved with her family to Germany for several years when she was a teenager, so her father could concentrate on the European expansion of his company. The Wiborg family was easily accepted into the high society community of 20th-century Europe. While in Europe, Sara and her sisters Hoytie and Olga sang at high-class assemblies. Upon returning to the United States, the Wiborgs spent most of their time in New York City and later
233:, serving as president of the company from 1934 to 1956; he never painted again. Sara settled in Saranac Lake, New York to nurse Patrick, and Baoth and Honoria were put in boarding schools. In 1935, Baoth died unexpectedly of meningitis as a complication of measles, and Patrick succumbed to tuberculosis in 1937.
151:
In East
Hampton, Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met when they were both adolescents. Gerald was five years younger than Sara, and for many years, they were more familiar companions than romantically attached; they became engaged in 1915 when Sara was 32 years old. Sara's parents did not approve of
211:
Prior to their arrival on the French
Riviera, the region was experiencing a period when the fashionable only wintered there, abandoning the region during the high summer months. However, the activities of the Murphys fueled the same renaissance in arts and letters as did the excitement of Paris,
267:
are widely recognized as having been based on the
Murphys, mainly from the marked physical similarities, although many of their friends, as well as the Murphys themselves, saw as much or more of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald's relationship and personalities in the couple than those of the Murphys.
224:
and named it Villa
America, where they resided for many years. When the Murphys arrived on the Riviera, lying on the beach merely to enjoy the sun was not a common activity. Occasionally, someone went swimming, but the joys of being at the beach just for sun were still unknown at the time. The
155:
After marrying they lived at 50 West 11th Street in New York City, where they had three children. In 1921, they moved to Paris to escape the strictures of New York and their families' mutual dissatisfaction with their marriage. In Paris Gerald took up painting, and they began to make the
85:
Gerald was an aesthete from his childhood. He was never comfortable in the boardrooms and clubs for which his father was grooming him. He failed the entrance exams at Yale
University three times before matriculating, but he performed respectably there. He joined
274:
is not explicitly based on this pair, but given the similarities of the setting (Nice) and of the type of social group portrayed, there is clearly some basis for such an assumption. Guests of the
Murphys often swam at
228:
They had three children, Baoth, Patrick, and
Honoria. In 1929, Patrick was diagnosed with tuberculosis. They took him to Switzerland, and then returned to the U.S. in 1934, where Gerald stayed in Manhattan to run
383:
Gerald Murphy’s jazz-rhythmed painting titled "Razor" (1924) and the 6-by-6-foot "Watch" (1925) are part of the Dallas Museum’s permanent collection and are two of eight remaining paintings in Murphy’s 14-work
49:
in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularly in the 1920s, that included a great number of artists and writers of the
114:
Sara
Sherman Wiborg (November 7, 1883 – October 10, 1975) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio into the wealthy Wiborg family. Her father, manufacturing chemist and owner of his own printing ink and varnish company
152:
their daughter marrying someone "in trade," and Gerald's parents were not much happier with the prospect, seemingly because his father found it difficult to approve anything that Gerald did.
220:
to stay open for the summer so that they might entertain their friends, sparking a new era for the French
Riviera as a summer haven. The Murphys eventually purchased a villa in
246:
Later they lived at The Dunes. By 1941, the house proved impossible to rent, sell or even maintain; the
Murphys had it demolished, and they moved to the renovated dairy barn.
458:
The Sara and Gerald Murphy Papers are held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Some Mark Cross Company objects are located at the
98:(Yale class of 1913) and brought him into Delta Kappa Epsilon. Murphy also introduced Porter to his friends, propelling him into writing music for Yale musicals.
503:
632:
301:. Both accounts are balanced, unlike some of the portrayals in the memoirs and fictitious works by their friends, including Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
581:
119:, was a self-made millionaire by the age of 40, and her mother, Adeline Sherman Wiborg, was a member of the noted Sherman family, daughter of
408:
390:
254:
Gerald died October 17, 1964, in East Hampton, two days after his friend Cole Porter. Sara died on October 10, 1975, in Arlington, Virginia.
366:
movement that contained pop culture imagery, such as mundane objects culled from American commercial products and advertising design.
77:
784:
714:
700:
605:
143:
in 1912. It was the largest estate in East Hampton up to that time. Wiborg Beach in East Hampton is named for the family.
789:
225:
Murphys, with their long forays and picnics at La Garoupe, introduced sunbathing on the beach as a fashionable activity.
319:, based entirely on the relationships between Sara and Gerald Murphy and their friends, had its world premiere at the
753:
540:
136:
106:
710:
552:
62:
Gerald Clery Murphy (March 26, 1888 – October 17, 1964) was born in Boston to the family that owned the
26:
690:
320:
629:
651:
705:
737:(New York: Viking Press, 1971; Modern Library edition published in 1998). An enlarged version of a 1962
459:
270:
682:
585:
516:
63:
779:
695:
128:
160:, where they became the center of a large circle of artists and writers of later fame, especially
763:
359:
71:
67:
20:
418:
400:
132:
677:
8:
304:
In 1982, Honoria Murphy Donnelly, the Murphys' daughter, with Richard N. Billings, wrote
264:
259:
165:
116:
87:
66:, sellers of fine leather goods. He was of an Irish-American background. His father was
351:
336:
234:
230:
189:
124:
749:
536:
312:
169:
161:
667:
479:
177:
636:
205:
173:
91:
51:
217:
730:
355:
324:
282:
201:
193:
157:
140:
139:, where they built the 30-room mansion The Dunes on 600 acres just west of the
81:
Gerald Murphy, Genevieve Carpenter, Cole Porter and Sara Murphy in Venice, 1923
46:
746:
Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story.
773:
430:
185:
565:
343:
294:
276:
213:
181:
120:
239:
197:
156:
acquaintances for which they became famous. Eventually they moved to the
95:
766:
biography, details early Murphy life and the Mark Cross family business.
671:
339:
42:
735:
Living Well Is the Best Revenge: The Life of Gerald and Sara Murphy
363:
221:
433:, a friend of Sara, painted her in several of his 1923 works:
347:
504:"LVIS to Unveil Treasures from 'The Dunes' at Annual Luncheon"
335:
Gerald only painted from 1921 until 1929; he is known for his
762:(Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition (July 17, 2012))
715:
Sara Murphy and writers of the Lost Generation discussed in
54:. Gerald had a brief but significant career as a painter.
19:"Gerald Murphy" redirects here. For the Irish hurler, see
350:
style. During the 1920s Gerald Murphy, along with other
110:
Sara Murphy wearing pearls at Cap d’Antibes beach, 1923
425:
74:(1897–1962) and Patrick Timothy Murphy (1884–1924).
650:. Exhibition catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art 1986 (
606:
New Yorker article, accessed online August 28, 2007
30:
Gerald and Sara Murphy at Cap d’Antibes beach, 1923
706:New Yorker slide show of paintings and photographs
771:
279:, an event emulated in Hemingway's narrative.
94:society. He befriended a young freshman named
330:
748:Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York 1998.
517:Allen, Brooke, "What a Swell Party It Was",
648:An American Painter in Paris: Gerald Murphy
306:Sara & Gerald: Villa America and After
672:Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
297:documented their lives in the 1995 book
105:
76:
25:
472:
285:'s biography of Gerald and Sara Murphy
772:
566:Goodman, Wendy, "A South Fork Story",
237:based the main characters in his play
101:
362:, created paintings prefiguring the
216:. In 1923 the Murphys convinced the
426:Paintings of Sara Murphy by Picasso
249:
13:
724:
618:American Art: History and Culture,
535:, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
70:(1858–1931); he had two siblings:
14:
801:
661:
407:
389:
57:
641:
630:accessed online August 28, 2007
623:
553:"Archibald MacLeish Collection"
287:Living Well Is the Best Revenge
785:American expatriates in France
610:
599:
574:
559:
545:
525:
510:
496:
212:especially among the cafés of
1:
717:Conversations from Penn State
668:Sara and Gerald Murphy Papers
465:
437:Femme assise les bras croisés
321:Williamstown Theatre Festival
268:Ernest Hemingway's couple in
481:History of the Class of 1912
446:Femme assise en bleu et rose
443:Buste de Femme (Sara Murphy)
354:painters in Europe, notably
311:On July 12, 2007, a play by
7:
453:
449:Woman Seated in an Armchair
243:on Gerald and Sara Murphy.
146:
45:Americans who moved to the
10:
806:
790:Members of Skull and Bones
460:Metropolitan Museum of Art
331:Paintings by Gerald Murphy
18:
760:All We Know: Three Lives
635:October 17, 2008, at the
257:Nicole and Dick Diver of
533:America's Magic Mountain
440:Portrait de Sarah Murphy
129:William Tecumseh Sherman
582:"Villa America Webpage"
484:. Yale University. 1912
417:, Gerald Murphy, 1925,
399:, Gerald Murphy, 1924,
764:Esther Murphy Strachey
741:profile of the couple.
685:Everybody Was So Young
299:Everybody Was So Young
111:
82:
68:Patrick Francis Murphy
31:
21:Gerald Murphy (hurler)
327:playing Sara Murphy.
109:
80:
29:
419:Dallas Museum of Art
401:Dallas Museum of Art
340:still life paintings
133:Senator John Sherman
370:Wasp and Pear, 1929
265:F. Scott Fitzgerald
260:Tender Is the Night
166:F. Scott Fitzgerald
117:Frank Bestow Wiborg
102:Sara Sherman Wiborg
88:Delta Kappa Epsilon
39:Sara Sherman Wiborg
35:Gerald Clery Murphy
16:American socialites
701:New Yorker article
691:Britannica excerpt
678:Artcyclopedia link
674:, Yale University.
506:. 16 October 2012.
352:American modernist
271:The Garden of Eden
235:Archibald MacLeish
190:Archibald MacLeish
112:
83:
72:Esther Knesborough
64:Mark Cross Company
32:
568:New York Magazine
289:was published in
797:
655:
645:
639:
627:
621:
614:
608:
603:
597:
596:
594:
593:
584:. Archived from
578:
572:
563:
557:
556:
555:. 15 April 2008.
549:
543:
531:Taylor, Robert,
529:
523:
514:
508:
507:
500:
494:
493:
491:
489:
476:
411:
393:
313:Crispin Whittell
250:Death and legacy
170:Ernest Hemingway
805:
804:
800:
799:
798:
796:
795:
794:
780:Married couples
770:
769:
727:
725:Further reading
683:Book review of
664:
659:
658:
646:
642:
637:Wayback Machine
628:
624:
615:
611:
604:
600:
591:
589:
580:
579:
575:
570:, July 12, 2006
564:
560:
551:
550:
546:
530:
526:
515:
511:
502:
501:
497:
487:
485:
478:
477:
473:
468:
456:
428:
421:
412:
403:
394:
333:
252:
206:Robert Benchley
174:John Dos Passos
149:
104:
92:Skull and Bones
60:
52:Lost Generation
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
803:
793:
792:
787:
782:
768:
767:
756:
744:Amanda Vaill,
742:
731:Calvin Tomkins
726:
723:
722:
721:
712:
708:
703:
698:
693:
688:
680:
675:
663:
662:External links
660:
657:
656:
640:
622:
616:Wayne Craven,
609:
598:
573:
558:
544:
524:
521:, May 24, 1998
519:New York Times
509:
495:
470:
469:
467:
464:
455:
452:
451:
450:
447:
444:
441:
438:
427:
424:
423:
422:
413:
406:
404:
395:
388:
381:
380:
377:
374:
373:Cocktail, 1927
371:
356:Charles Demuth
332:
329:
325:Jennifer Mudge
291:The New Yorker
283:Calvin Tomkins
251:
248:
202:Dorothy Parker
158:French Riviera
148:
145:
141:Maidstone Club
103:
100:
59:
56:
47:French Riviera
41:were wealthy,
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
802:
791:
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
777:
775:
765:
761:
757:
755:
754:0-395-65241-3
751:
747:
743:
740:
736:
732:
729:
728:
720:
718:
713:
711:
709:
707:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
686:
681:
679:
676:
673:
669:
666:
665:
653:
649:
644:
638:
634:
631:
626:
619:
613:
607:
602:
588:on 2008-09-29
587:
583:
577:
571:
569:
562:
554:
548:
542:
541:0-395-37905-9
538:
534:
528:
522:
520:
513:
505:
499:
483:
482:
475:
471:
463:
461:
448:
445:
442:
439:
436:
435:
434:
432:
431:Pablo Picasso
420:
416:
410:
405:
402:
398:
392:
387:
386:
385:
378:
375:
372:
369:
368:
367:
365:
361:
357:
353:
349:
345:
341:
338:
328:
326:
322:
318:
317:Villa America
314:
309:
307:
302:
300:
296:
293:in 1962, and
292:
288:
284:
280:
278:
273:
272:
266:
262:
261:
255:
247:
244:
242:
241:
236:
232:
226:
223:
222:Cap d'Antibes
219:
215:
209:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
186:Pablo Picasso
183:
179:
178:Fernand LĂ©ger
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
153:
144:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
123:and niece to
122:
118:
108:
99:
97:
93:
89:
79:
75:
73:
69:
65:
58:Gerald Murphy
55:
53:
48:
44:
40:
36:
28:
22:
759:
758:Lisa Cohen,
745:
738:
734:
716:
684:
647:
643:
625:
617:
612:
601:
590:. Retrieved
586:the original
576:
567:
561:
547:
532:
527:
518:
512:
498:
486:. Retrieved
480:
474:
457:
429:
414:
396:
382:
360:Stuart Davis
344:Precisionist
334:
316:
310:
305:
303:
298:
295:Amanda Vaill
290:
286:
281:
269:
258:
256:
253:
245:
238:
227:
218:HĂ´tel du Cap
214:Montparnasse
210:
182:Jean Cocteau
154:
150:
137:East Hampton
121:Hoyt Sherman
113:
84:
61:
38:
34:
33:
696:AskArt link
379:Razor, 1924
376:Watch, 1925
198:Cole Porter
194:John O'Hara
96:Cole Porter
774:Categories
739:New Yorker
652:PDF online
592:2008-11-20
466:References
337:hard-edged
231:Mark Cross
43:expatriate
719:interview
488:April 24,
125:Civil War
633:Archived
454:Archives
277:Eden Roc
147:Marriage
127:General
90:and the
670:at the
384:oeuvre.
364:pop art
315:titled
752:
620:p.464.
539:
348:Cubist
415:Watch
397:Razor
342:in a
323:with
162:Zelda
750:ISBN
537:ISBN
490:2011
358:and
240:J.B.
204:and
164:and
131:and
37:and
263:by
776::
733:,
654:).
462:.
346:,
308:.
208:.
200:,
196:,
192:,
188:,
184:,
180:,
176:,
172:,
168:,
595:.
492:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
