Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

E58530

"Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" is a celebrated late-19th-century oil painting by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its luminous depiction of children lighting paper lanterns in an English garden at dusk.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
oil painting
work of art
acquisitionBy Tate
acquisitionYear 1887
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of late 19th-century British painting
major work of John Singer Sargent's English period
artist John Singer Sargent
city London
collection Tate collection
colorPalette soft pinks, whites, and greens
completionDate 1886
country United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator John Singer Sargent
currentLocation Tate Britain
depicts English garden at dusk
Japanese-style paper lanterns
carnations
children lighting paper lanterns
lilies
rose bushes
two young girls
exhibitedAt Royal Academy of Arts
exhibitionYear 1887
genre garden painting
portrait painting
height 174 cm
inception 1885
1886
inspiredBy Japanese art
lantern festival at Broadway
languageOfTitle English
lighting dusk light combined with lantern glow
locationOfCreation Broadway, Worcestershire
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Aesthetic movement
Impressionism
notableFor luminous twilight lighting effects
subtle depiction of artificial and natural light
orientation portrait format
owner Tate
setting garden in Broadway, Worcestershire
subjectMatter children in a flower garden at dusk
title Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
width 153.7 cm

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
John Singer Sargent
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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
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