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| Louveciennes in the Snow, 1872 Alfred Sisley French, 1839-1899 Oil on canvas 20 x 28-3/4 in. (50.8 x 73.0 cm) Norton Simon Art Foundation M.1996.3.P © 2012 Norton Simon Art Foundation On view Born in Paris to wealthy English parents, Alfred Sisley spent most of his life in France. With the exception of an incomplete course of study in business in London at the age of 18, and a few visits to the English countryside later in life, Sisley identified deeply with his adopted country across the Channel. Whereas his close friends Frédéric Bazille, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir successfully explored figurative work, Sisley never deviated from landscapes. In this way he can be viewed as the archetypal Impressionist. Painting en plein air—even during the dead of winter, as in this snowy scene—the artist was dedicated to recording the atmospheric effects of the immediate present. View Provenance
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