Alfred Sisley
Road to Louveciennes, Snow Effect, 1874
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11 further works by Sisley
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Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm
Signed and dated lower right: Sisley 74
Inv.-no. MB-Sis-05
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is said to have stated that painted snow should reflect all colors in its surroundings and should thus never be depicted using pure white. Here Alfred Sisley has worked out the forms of the snow-covered landscape with warm shadows of light blue and pink.
Sisley, Galerie Rosenberg, Paris, November 7–24, 1904, no. 38
Alfred Sisley, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 14–June 7, 1917, no. 92
Masterpieces of French Art, Galerie Agnew, London, June 1923, no. 1
Pictures by Modern French Masters, Galerie A. Reid, Glasgow, February 1924, no. 12
Cent ans de peinture française, Galerie Schmit, Paris, May 7–June 7, 1969, no. 116
From Manet to Gauguin: Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30–October 8, 1995, no. 63
Sisley l'impressioniste, Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, June 9–October 15, 2017
Impressionism: The Art of Landscape, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, January 21–May 28, 2017
François Depeaux. L’homme aux 600 tableaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, April 4–September 3, 2020
Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, from September 5, 2020
August
25, 1891, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, purchased from the artist
January
14, 1893, H. Vever, Paris, acquired from the above
February
1–2, 1897, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, H. Vever Collection, lot 103
François
Depeaux, Rouen, acquired at the above sale
May 31,
1906, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Depeaux Collection, lot 61
Paul
Rosenberg, Paris, acquired at the above sale
n.d., Étienne
Bignou, Paris
n.d.,
Alex Reid & Lefevre (The Lefevre Gallery), London
n.d.,
Jacques de Saint-Albin, Paris
ca.
1992, Private collection, Switzerland
June
2015, purchased from the above
François Daulte, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Lausanne 1959, no. 148.
Cent ans de peinture française, exh. cat. Galerie Schmit, Paris 1969, no. 116.
From Manet to Gauguin: Masterpieces from Swiss Private Collections, exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London 1995, no. 63, p. 123.
Sisley: L’impressionniste, exh. cat. Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence 2017, p. 90, ill. p. 91.
Impressionism: The Art of Landscape, exh. cat. Museum Barberini, Potsdam 2017, no. 77, p. 39, 201, ill. p. 213.
Sylvie Brame and François Lorenceau, Alfred Sisley: Catalogue critique des peintures et des pastels, Lausanne 2021, no. 139.
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