- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose. Created: 1885-1886. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 174 cm x 153.7 cm.
- Title: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose. Creator: John Singer Sargent. Creator's place of death: London, United Kingdom. Creator's place of birth: Firenze, Italia.
- American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1929) was considered the leading portrait painter of his generation. ... Water-Lilies, 1908. £230, framed rare print.
- John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury.
- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, painted in the late summer of 1885 and 1886, was named for a popular song; its style “is poised”, the exhibition catalogue notes...
- The refrain of the song asks the question ‘Have you seen my Flora pass this way?’ to which the answer is ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’.
- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose made John Singer Sargent famous for doing what French Impressionists had already been doing for almost ten years.
- The refrain of the song asks the question ‘Have you seen my Flora pass this way?’ to which the answer is ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’.
- Explore the mesmerizing beauty of the painting 'Carnation Lily Lily Rose' by John Singer Sargent.