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| Keywords: Alfred Sisley - The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring - Walters 37992.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q7768503 Creator Alfred Sisley La Terrasse à Saint-Germain Printemps In this panoramic view of the Seine River valley near the town of St -Germain-en-Laye Sisley captures the atmosphere and light conditions associated with early spring On the heights in the distance he includes the old ch teau that housed the French royal court until 1682 but he also inserts some notes of modernity including the steam tugs hauling barges on the river and the railroad bridge Sisley was born in France of English parents While enrolled in Charles Gleyre's studio in Paris he and his fellow students Claude Monet Auguste Renoir and Frédéric Bazille began to paint outdoors in the Fontainebleau forest In 1874 he showed five paintings in the first Impressionist exhibition Of all the Impressionists he and Monet would remain the most consistent landscape painters place depicted Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1875 Oil on canvas cm 73 6 99 6 ; size cm 107 32 136 53 17 15 accession number 37 992 17847 Paul Durand-Ruel 1880 by purchase from the artist J B Faure Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Charles Guasco date and mode of acquisition unknown Charles Guasco Sale Georges Petit Paris June 11 1900 no 67 Durand-Ruel Paris 1900 by purchase E J Blair Baltimore July 9 1900 by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1900 Sisley 75 signature/date lower left ~ Sticker Durand-Ruel's sticker on back Sisley No 2646/La Terrasse St /Germain gsss; D R N Y /2360/2646 inscription on crossbar of stretcher pencil ~ Alfred Sisley Master Impressionist The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Royal Academy of Arts London; Musee D'Orsay Paris 1992-1993 Landscapes of France Impressionism and Its Rivals Hayward Gallery London 1995 Impressions of France Monet Renoir Pissarro and Their Rivals Museum of Fine Arts Boston Boston 1995-1996 Before Monet Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 The Road to Impressionism Landscapes from Corot to Manet The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 The Road to Impressionism Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis; The Frick Art Historical Center Pittsburgh 2008-2009 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 Walters Art Museum license 2D Original upload log en wikipedia The_Terrace_at_Saint-Germain _Spring_Alfred_Sisley jpg 2011-08-22 00 26 Ksk2875 1799×1249× 3070162 bytes <nowiki> The Terrace at Saint-Germain Spring http //art thewalters org/viewwoa aspx id 17847 1875 Alfred Sisley Artist died in 1899 </nowiki> La Terrasse à Saint-Germain Printemps Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
