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Boats on the Seine

Maker

(Artists)
1839-1899

Title

Boats on the Seine

Date of Production

(circa) 1877

Medium

oil on canvas, laid on panel

Dimensions

Height: 37.2 cm (canvas on panel)
Width: 44.3 cm (canvas on panel)

Accession Number

P.1948.SC.410

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Sisley was born in France of English ancestry. He exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 and remained an important member of the group. This painting shows a view of the river Seine at the south-west edge of Paris. Wood is being unloaded from a river barge while a passenger ferry passes nearby. The brushstrokes are remarkably rough and sketchy. They help to give the picture its sense of immediacy.

Provenance

Richard Samson, Hamburg/London; Thence by descent, until sold in 1946 or 1947; Matthiesen Gallery, London; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, March 1947; Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019

Wolken Welt des Flüchtigen, Leopold Museum, Vienna, 22/03/2013-01/07/2013 ...More

Alfred Sisley, Von der Heydt Museum & Wuppertal & Germany, 11/09/2011-29/01/2012

Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002

Impression - Painting Quickly in France 1860-1890, Williamstown & USA, 16/06/2001-08/09/2001

Impression - Painting Quickly in France 1860-1890, Amsterdam & Netherlands, 02/03/2001-20/05/2001

Impression - Painting Quickly in France 1860-1890, London & England, 01/11/2000-28/01/2001

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Landscapes of France. Impressionism and its Rivals, London & England, 18/05/1995-28/08/1995 ...Less

Literature

The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom right & recto : : Sisley

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