Sixty Works by Modern Masters - Flipbook - Page 17
Photograph of the River Loing
Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley
French, 1839 - 1899
Le Loing à Moret, 1885
Oil on canvas
18 x 21 inches / 46 x 55.5 cm
Signed and dated lower right: Sisley 85
This exquisitely-painted scene is
a fine example of one of Sisley’s
favourite subjects: the brilliant
visual vibrancy of riverside views,
particularly in the area around
Moret and the River Loing near
Fontainebleau, where the artist
settled in 1878.
The River Loing is depicted here
under a beautifully dappled sky,
whose vivid shades of blue are
typical of France in the summer. The
subtle nuances of Pissarro’s palette
in the present work enable him to
capture the fleeting atmospheric
effects of a sunlit day.
Provenance
Wildenstein & Co, New York
Mr and Mrs Bernard Combemale, New York
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 27 November 1964, lot 39
Private collection, London
Richard Nathanson, London, December 1993
Lord & Lady Harris of Peckham, UK
Private collection, London
Literature
François Daulte, Alfred Sisley, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Lausanne, 1959, no. 559, illustrated
Durand-Ruel, Paris
Julius Schmitz, Elberfeld
"What is more beautiful indeed than a
summer sky with its wispy clouds idly
floating across the blue? What movement
and grace . . . They are like the waves at
sea, one is uplifted and carried away."
V. Coudrey, Alfred Sisley: The English Impressionist, Newton Abbot, UK, 1992
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