Sargent, John Singer

American painter, born in Florence, trained in Rome, Florence and Paris, who worked mostly in London. John Singer Sargent specialized in portrait painting and was soon a successful portrayer of the aristocratic, the rich and the beautiful, thanks to his exceptional sense of glamour and stylishness, backed by exhilarating brushwork. The vividness of some of his work reveals the influence of Impressionism..
A poetic scene of pretty young ladies and Chinese lanterns in a garden, Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose was acclaimed by the Royal academy in 1887, it is still irresistible.

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