Product Description

Young Kate Millet is the model for the painting John Singer Sargent is working on in her parents' garden. Everyone says she is posing well, even though she finds it very hard to stand still. Then, one of her father's friends arrives with his two daughters. They're older, taller and have lighter hair than Kate. Sargent decides to use them as models instead. Kate is devastated. Based on numerous letters and recollections from the period, Hugh Brewster's story describes Kate's disappointment, the many difficulties experienced by the painter through the long artistic process, Kate's reconciliation with him and how she is immortalized on canvas after all. Illustrated with over 35 of Sargent's paintings and sketches, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose recreates the 1880s milieu of the famed American painter during an extended trip to England, and the thoughts and days of a girl who was there alongside him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #287148 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .45" h x 8.42" w x 9.72" l, .92 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 48 pages

Review
... a fascinating story ... Brewster makes accessible the rarefied world of art ... Sargent’s work ... offer a feast for the eyes.

A great introduction to the world of art ...

... well-researched and engaging volume ...

This is an exquisite book, gently written and beautifully produced ... one of the most charming and instructive of art-making stories ... compelling, essential reading for anyone of any age who is interested in painting ...

About the Author
Hugh Brewster has written and produced several critically acclaimed titles, such as Inside the Titanic, Anastasia's Album and On Juno Beach. His books have won him a Silver Birch Award, a Red Cedar Award, and the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award.