Two Girls on a Lawn
Sargent probably painted Two Girls on a Lawn at Fladbury Rectory, an old house he rented in Worcestershire, in the English countryside. His sister Violet is shown at left, wearing a black mourning dress as her father, Dr. FitzWilliam Sargent, had recently died. The woman in white is a family friend about whom little in known. In this work, Sargent was less concerned with capturing individual likenesses than with creating a daring two-dimensional pattern in black and white, against the broadly painted grassy background.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Girls on a Lawn
- Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
- Date: ca. 1889
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 21 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (53.7 x 64.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
- Object Number: 50.130.20
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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