A few miles down river from Grez was the town of Moret, where Sisley lived and painted for 19 years, in poverty and isolation. Here are some examples of his Impressionist landscapes from there.
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By 1880, an artist’s colony was forming in this village on the southern edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, and attracted painters from all over the world.
A period in which the winters were exceptionally cold, landscapes showing folk skating on frozen canals and rivers, promenading, and playing kolf, and ancestor of modern golf.
The Monets and Sisley’s moved on in 1878, leaving only Renoir to visit and paint in the summer. Then in 1881, Gustave Caillebotte got a property nearby, and continued to paint the river here.
Claude Monet and family rented a house there, and were joined by Alfred Sisley and his family. Renoir came to visit, and the three painted the river and its bridges together.
With much of the Dutch Republic close to water, views of the coast became marines, those of cities showed boats busy nearby, and the countryside was overrun by rivers.
The first portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, scenes of the Franco-Prussian War, two huge religious paintings, and two superb views of the Scottish Highlands. Doré as you’ve not seen him before.
Known today only for his prolific illustrations of major European narratives and the Bible, he was also an accomplished and well-received painter in oils.
Active in Haarlem and Amsterdam during and after Poussin’s later years, his depiction of trees is outstanding, and his old oaks are lifelike.
After the Paris Commune, Pissarro returned to discover most of his life’s work had been destroyed, but he and Sisley continued to paint in Louveciennes and its surrounds.
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