Place du Chenil in Marly, Snow Effect

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].

History
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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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References
  1. (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
  2. "Le circuit Pissarro" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  3. 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. "
  4. François Daulte, Sisley, 1974, p. 45
  5. Richard Shone, Sisley, Phaidon Press, 1998 ISBN 0714830518 and 9780714830513, p. 16
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