European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Mooring Lines,
the Effect of Snow at Saint-Cloud Alfred Sisley, French, 1839 -
1899 Oil on canvas 2011-58-1Gift of John C. Haas and Chara C.
Haas, 2011 LabelAmong the challenges that the Impressionists set
for themselves was that of capturing the effect of snow and ice
on the landscape. Sisley excelled in such monochromatic wintry
views, as demonstrated in this sensitive rendering of the Seine
at Saint-Cloud in which the snowy river bank is dramatically
crossed by black lines of anchors. The artist’s interest in the
sky and the fugitive effects of light and weather are depicted
here in nuanced tones of white and blue. Social Tags
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