Sisley - Softcover

Shone, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0714838926 ISBN 13: 9780714838922

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1999

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A survey of the life and work of Alfred Sisley, one of the leading exponents of the Impressionist movement. The text examines how Sisley's painting life was devoted to the landscape. The author examines the tonal balance of such celebrated paintings as the snow-scenes of the Paris suburbs, views of the flooded Seine at Port-Marly and the colourful regattas on the Thames. The author recognizes that full recognition for the artist and his work only began after his relatively early death and argues that even now, his work is unjustifiably neglected. In studying Sisley's artistic development, the artist's English nationality, early career, struggle to earn a living, and secluded later years are examined.

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Selected new colour plates and added extensive commentaries on the illustrations to make this book an ideal introduction to the work of Alfred Sisley.

About the Author:

Richard Shone is Editor of the Burlington Magazine and the author of Bloomsbury Portraits, Walter Sickert and Rachel Whiteread's House, also published by Phaidon. He was a member of the 1988 Turner Prize jury and a member of the Government Art Collection committee.

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