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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose is an oil-on-canvas painting made by the Anglo-American painter John Singer Sargent in 1885–86.
The painting depicts two small children dressed in white who are lighting paper lanterns as day turns to evening; 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.
The painting is dominated by green foliage, with
References.
- Film about "Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose" – Tate
- A video discussion about Sargent's "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" from Smarthistory at Khan Academy.
- "A Touch of Blossom: John Singer Sargent and the Queer Flora of Fin-de-siècle Art", Alison Mairi Syme, pp. 155–166
- "John S. Sargent, His Life and Work: With an Exhaustive Catalogue of His Works", William Howe Downes p. 24, 140–1