One of my favourite paintings ever.

Sargent is a master of giving the eye what it needs

Possibly his best work.

I saw this picture when it traveled to Boston, Massachusetts. One of the affects that is not mentioned in this video is how Sargent selectively varnished the painting. In the room where it was hung for the Boston show it had a skylight above. The day I saw this painting the day was a warm sunny day with big puffy clouds. The clouds would cause the room to darken when they would pass over the skylight, and then brighten the room as the clouds passed. When I was looking at this painting the clouds darkened the room and Sargent's brilliant varnish affect came forward. Sargent only varnished the paint where the light from the candle / lanterns. The background with the darker colors were left mat. So when the room darkened the background got darker and the varnished parts got brighter. The effect made it seem as if the lanterns were lit up. The lanterns lit, and the girls faces lit up. It was stunning to see.

Just few minutes every evening. Scraping off strokes from previous session. And an outstanding result. Now that's dedication! Was he a superhuman? No. He was a HARD worker!

I love this painting so much! One of my favorites from Sargent. I bought a copy from the gift shop and I have it hung in an elaborate frame right outside my bedroom

i love the softness of the painting.

[ CARNATION, LILY, LILY, ROSE (on the painting by John Singer Sargent) we hold the lanterns in our gaze and they shall not go out the lily, the rose, the lily rose shadows their carnation coolnesses, the children will not ravel the edge of this twilight ever, softly they blossom in the borders near the clumps of the flowers familiar to them and the lanterns sway in the painting as if it were a real garden and only slightly it is, the wind of the carnation, the lily, the rosied lilies partake of Dream and dreaming the light the light diminishing only lightly we hold within our hearts within, within equidistant from firefly as from star there is nothing like coloured paper lanterns swaying in the purple, this cannot fade the purple shadows by the painting kept alive the lights go out or the lanterns stir in the evening breeze when we depart the carnation breeze be remembered, the beautiful the beautiful weaving of lily and rose all before and after shining, the weeping afterglow, the childish laughter glow worm gloss and mysterious mosses, the self-same lanterns in our gaze the night that will never fade the distant song forever distant time and the flowers at a standstill the children, murmuring mary angela douglas 19 february 2015 rev.11 june 2015; 23 january 2018; 16 november 2023

This picture is my fav since 30 years and more since my daughter looked just like Polly when she was a child. I only wished Tate Britain would give all the paitings of the British wing more space.

So beautiful

my favorite♥

I love the channel and all vids. But the majority of them has a low audio problem, please boost the audio in the edit software

Lovely anecdotes.

so pretty

That first picture is my fav😂😂😂the amaze ive felt when i first found it on web

could someone write to me, please, What colors is she using. Especially for finding that pinkish-skin color. I paint as a hobby.

I need the song. I cant find it anywhere

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Hi lily it is violet

That mumbling accent is annoying