Winter landscapes were particularly attractive to artists such as Sisley, Pissarro and Monet, because of the challenge of capturing the quality of the light and of mastering shadows. For the Impressionists, shadows were not colourless, nor were they simply dark.

Snow scenes were an ideal motif for Impressionists: the softening and blurring of forms and the dense atmosphere required a muted palette to capture the myriad tones of reflected light and the softened contours of the landscape.

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	First Snow at Louveciennes 1870-71 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
	The Frost 1872 Oil on canvas, 46 x 57 cm Private collection
	Snow at Louveciennes 1873 Oil on canvas, 51 x 66 cm Private collection
	Snow Effect at Argenteuil 1874 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Private collection
	The Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 55 cm National Gallery, London
	The Watering Place at Mary-le-Roi with Hoarfrost 1876 Oil on canvas, 38 x 55 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
	Winter at Marly-le-Roi, Snow Effect 1876 Oil on canvas, 46 x 57 cm Private collection
	Snow Effect at Louveciennes 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Private collection
	Snow at Louveciennes 1878 Oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris
	Snow at Louveciennes 1874 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm Phillips Collection, Washington
	Winter at Louveciennes 1876 Oil on canvas, 59 x 73 cm Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
	Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret, Winter 1891 Oil on canvas, 47 x 57 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Place du Chenil at Marly-le Roi, Snow 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen