John Singer Sargent’s In the Luxembourg Gardens (1879) captures a tranquil moment in Paris’s famed park at dusk. A fashionably dressed couple strolls arm in arm across a vast expanse of gravel, tinted mauve by the setting sun. The couple’s elegant attire and leisurely pace evoke the refined social life of late 19th-century Paris. Sargent’s composition, influenced by his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, emphasizes the interplay of light and shadow, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the serene atmosphere of the scene.
This work can be seen at [The Philadelphia Museum of Art,https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/101764].
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