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April 15, 2015

Eye Candy for Today: Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose was painted during the time when Sargent had left Paris for England, and temporarily semi-retired from society portraiture following the unwelcome scandal that surrounded his famous Portrait of Madame X.
The account is that Sargent was inspired by a glimpse of chinese lanterns on the shore while boating on the Thames with American artist Edwin Austin Abbey. Sargent set up to paint in the garden of painter F.D. Millet, at whose home he was staying, initially using Millet’s daughter as a model, but then replacing her with the daughters of illustrator Frederick Barnard, whose hair color he preferred for his composition. -- Lines and Colors

Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 15, 2015 8:38 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Now Sargent could really paint. No messy sentimentality there.

Posted by: pbird [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 16, 2015 7:38 AM

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