Carnation Lily Lily Rose
The children lighting japanese lanterns with tapers are dolly left and.
Carnation lily lily rose. I think i managed to get a very true to life capture of the piece. Carnation lily lily rose by john singer sargent tate gallery britain. The painting depicts two small children dressed in white who are lighting paper lanterns as day turns to evening.
This painting is set in a garden in the cotswolds village of broadway where john singer sargent stayed in the summer of 1885. The artwork has since attracted so many people to view the beauty of art created by john singer sargent. The carnation lily lily rose was sold to british royal academy in 1886 for an undisclosed amount of money.
The children lighting lanterns are dolly left and polly right barnard. Carnation lily lily rose john singer sargent around 1885. Today the painting is at tate gallery where it can be viewed by the entire public.
They are in a garden strewn with pink roses accents of yellow carnations and tall white lilies possibly the japanese mountain lily lilium auratum behind them. Artwork page for carnation lily lily rose john singer sargent 1885 6 on display at tate britain. Most of the other reproductions i have seen of it have far too much contrast.
It was painted in a garden in broadway a village in south west england where sargent stayed in the summer of 1885 sargent wanted to paint. Carnation lily lily rose is an oil on canvas painting made by the american painter john singer sargent in 1885 86. View in street view.
The painting is more subtle and the light depicted is that twilight that has no cast shadow but is still full of ambient light. Tate britain london united kingdom. View in augmented reality.