Carnation Lily Lily Rose — Sargent, poster

John Singer Sargent's 1885 lamp-lit garden study, taken from Google Art Project CC0 scan, on archival fine art paper.

Painted in 1885 in the English Cotswolds, Carnation Lily Lily Rose captures the moment dusk settles and the Japanese lanterns begin to glow. Two young girls (Sargent's friends' daughters) tend the flowers by lamplight, their faces cool, the setting almost theatrical. Sargent was the most technically brilliant portraitist of his time, but he wanted this painting to be about light and air, not likeness. The composition feels candid, the atmosphere precise. He painted what Impressionism had opened up: colour seen through time of day, the particular light of the hour.

This is reproduced from a Google Art Project CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 15×20 cm / 6×8", 30×40 cm / 12×16", 50×50 cm / 20×20", or 75×100 cm / 30×40", portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
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THE WORK

• Artist: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
• Year: 1885–1886
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Google Art Project · CC0 high-resolution archival scan

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