modern-vampires-of-art-history: John Singer Sargent,…
modern-vampires-of-art-history:
John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885) / Vampire Weekend, The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (2008)
I was reading about Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose just the other day. Sargent painted it in England, during the interval after his early success as a portraitist in Paris had foundered in the scandal following the exhibition of Madame X. It took Sargent nearly a year to complete it, working in the fall of 1885 and then through the summer and fall of 1886. As dusk approached each day he would set up the girls and props in the garden, then paint rapidly during the few minutes when the light was just right.
The painting was both hailed and criticized by the British art press, but on balance helped cement his standing as an important artist, and the portrait commissions began to pick up again. Within a few years he was acknowledged as one of the leading portraitists in the world, and never again lacked for work.
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose is housed at the Tate Britain in London.
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