Place du Chenil in Marly, Snow Effect is an 1876 oil on canvas painting by Alfred Sisley. It is now in the Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, to which it was given by François Depeaux in 1909[1] It was painted at Marly-le-Roi and a lifesize reproduction of it is on display near the site of its creation as part of the Pays des Impressionnistes trail.[2]
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Sisley had moved to Marly in 1875. The winters of 1875-1876 were exceptionally cold, with temperatures below zero and frequent snow. Sisley painted several snowy views of Marly and nearby Louveciennes.[3] Unlike Auguste Renoir, who called snow "nature's leprosy", Sisley enjoyed painting snowy scenes[4] Several of his works also show Japanese influence, in the case of this work particularly Snowy Night at Kambara by Hiroshige.[5]
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edit- ^ (in French) François Bergot, Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen: guide des collections, XVIIe, XIXe et XXe siècles, Volume 2, Ministère de la culture, Musée des beaux arts, Rouen, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994, ISBN 2711830640, 9782711830640
- ^ "Le circuit Pissarro" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ Alfred Sisley : poète de l'impressionnisme : [Exposition] Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 10 octobre 2002-6 janvier 2003, Réunion des musées nationaux, 2002, p. 170 "En 1875 et 1876, époque à laquelle Sisley était déjà installé à Marly-le-Roi, le Nord de la France connut des hivers exceptionnellement rudes, marqués par des températures au-dessous de zéro et de fréquentes chutes de neige. L'artiste peignit alors un grand nombre de vues enneigées, tant à Marly qu'à Louveciennes, non loin de là. "
- ^ François Daulte, Sisley, 1974, p. 45
- ^ Richard Shone, Sisley, Phaidon Press, 1998 ISBN 0714830518 and 9780714830513, p. 16