Calvin Stewart Brice:  This beautiful painting by the famous American artist, John Singer Sargent, is an excellent example of the artist’s portraiture style of American and British gentry.  Calvin Brice, a Lima, Ohio native, was a railroad magnate and U.S. senator from 1891 to 1897.  A patron of the arts and education, Brice Hall at Miami University was named in his honor.  This portrait was completed in 1898 just prior to Brice’s death.