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Alfred Sisley
French and British, 1839-1899
Rue de village à Marlotte (Village Street in Marlotte), 1866
oil on canvas
support: 25 1/2 x 36 inches (64.77 x 91.44 cm); framed: 33 3/8 x 43 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (84.7725 x 111.125 x 9.525 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
General Purchase Funds, 1956
1956:1
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by May 1951, M. Renier, Paris;May 1951, purchased by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.;
February 10, 1956, purchased by the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo
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Although Alfred Sisley is considered one of the key figures of Impressionism, he remained somewhat of an outsider from the group. In 1865, Sisley moved from Paris to Marlotte, a small town located in north central France, and this painting is one of two he made based on his initial encounters with the new landscape he found there. Village Street in Marlotte portrays a solitary figure chopping wood. A somber palette of greens, browns, and grey-blues underscores an overall feeling of isolation. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sisley seldom traveled and did not feel compelled to depict urban life, industrialization, and the more dramatic aspects of nature, contenting himself with painting the world close at hand.
Label from Humble and Human: An Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., February 2–May 26, 2019
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