SISLEY, Alfred
(b. 1839, Paris, d. 1899, Moret-sur-Loing)

The River Bank at Saint-Mammes

1884
Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Almost without striving for the effects of airiness, transience, and translucency made fashionable by the Impressionists, without concerning himself about a specific subject, Sisley juxtaposes dense, resonant colours. In so doing, he constructs a bridge to the decorativeness of Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard.




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