The Route from Saint-Germain to Marly
Maker and role
Artist: Alfred Sisley, British, 1839-1899
Year
1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
18 1/4 x 24in (46.4 x 61cm)
Credit line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederic G. Oppenheimer
Accession number
1955.2
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
Sisley concentrated on the quiet naturalism of villages outside Paris, rejecting more common Impressionist subjects such as urban social scenes, seaside leisure activities, or idealized rural life. Sisley's freely handled broad strokes of color summarize but do not obscure details of figures, architecture, and nature.
When this painting was shown in the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, Sisley escaped the scathing criticism leveled by journalists at Monet, Cézanne, and other painters of the new "Impressionist" group. Described as the most harmonious of the artists represented, Sisley was praised for his exquisite landscapes that conveyed "so completely, so perfectly, the physical sensation of atmosphere, of being out in the open air."
When this painting was shown in the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, Sisley escaped the scathing criticism leveled by journalists at Monet, Cézanne, and other painters of the new "Impressionist" group. Described as the most harmonious of the artists represented, Sisley was praised for his exquisite landscapes that conveyed "so completely, so perfectly, the physical sensation of atmosphere, of being out in the open air."
Documentation
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 34
Alfred Sisley: Catalogue Raisonné de L'oeuvre Peint; Francois Daulte, Charles Durand-Ruel; 1959; 43, 05
Collecting: A Texas Phenomenon; 1986; p. 70; no. 9
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern; Richard Brettell (b.1949); 2009; no. 59
Sisley: l'impressionniste; 2017; p. 76, 84; fig. 26
Alfred Sisley: Catalogue Raisonné de L'oeuvre Peint; Francois Daulte, Charles Durand-Ruel; 1959; 43, 05
Collecting: A Texas Phenomenon; 1986; p. 70; no. 9
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern; Richard Brettell (b.1949); 2009; no. 59
Sisley: l'impressionniste; 2017; p. 76, 84; fig. 26
Signature & date
Signed/dated l.l.: Sisley '72
Subject period
Docent information sheet
http://collection.mcnayart.org/docs/sisley.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1955.2 Sisley\Collecting Texas Phenomenon 1986.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1955.2 Sisley\Collections of Texas 2009.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1955.2 Sisley\Collecting Texas Phenomenon 1986.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1955.2 Sisley\Collections of Texas 2009.pdf
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