Impressionism · 1885
John Singer Sargent 1856–1925
Tate Britain · London
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There is a moment before dusk when light turns unearthly — soft, sourceless, suspended. Sargent spent two summers chasing it. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, finished in 1886, hangs at Tate Britain: two girls among white lilies, lighting paper lanterns.
He set his portraits aside for this one evening.
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