Alfred Sisley
English, 1839–1899
The Loing and the Mills of Moret, Snow Effect
1891
Sisley probably painted this snowy landscape outdoors in a single session during the unusually cold winter of 1891. Poplars cast long blue shadows across the riverbank—their trunks reflected in the icy water—while wispy clouds float across the blue sky. The artist used a cool, silvery palette and applied paint in thin, liquid strokes to convey the crisp atmosphere of a winter’s day.
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 23 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (58.7 x 81.6 cm) Frame: 32 1/2 x 41 1/4 in. (82.6 x 104.8 cm) |
Object Number | 1955.545 |
Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
Status | On View |
Image Caption
Alfred Sisley, The Loing and the Mills of Moret, Snow Effect, 1891, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.545
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Provenance
[Possibly Marie Harriman Gallery, New York]¹; Gerald Brooks, New York; [Knoedler, New York, sold to Clark, 1 Apr. 1946, as Paysage, effet de Neige]; Robert Sterling Clark (1946–55 ; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. 1. A label on the back of the painting from the Harriman Gallery suggests that it may have been owned by the gallery, or simply exhibited there. The gallery was in business between 1930 and 1942.