The Thames at Hampton Court (Translation)
La Tamise à Hampton Court (Primary Title)
Alfred Sisley, English, active in France, 1839 - 1899 (Artist)
After a short visit to South Kensington, England, in July 1874, Sisley traveled up the Thames River to Hampton Court, the site of a royal palace, where he stayed until early October. Jean-Baptiste Faure, a baritone with the Opéra-Comique and an avid collector of Impressionist paintings, accompanied him on the trip. Easily accessible by rail from London, Hampton was a very popular resort for residents of the city. Although this scene is devoid of people, several of Sisley’s other paintings at Hampton depict swimmers, walkers, and boaters. The loose brushstroke and blatantly denotative colors of this scene are characteristic of Sisley’s textbook approach to Impressionist landscape painting, and his works from this stay along the Thames are among his most iconic.
Signed lower right: "Sisley"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Alfred Sisley (1839 – 1899): Impressionist Master, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, January 21 – May 21, 2017; Hôtel de Caumont, Centre d’Art, Aix-en-Provence, June 10 – October 8, 2017
“Sisley: Master Impressionist,” The Walters Art Gallery, March 14- June 13, 1993.
“French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 4, 1967- June 5, 1968.
“Naissance de l’Impressionisme,” Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1937, illus no. 37.
“Sisley,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1937, No. 2.
“Pictures by Boudin, Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, and Sisley,” Grafton Galleries, London, 1905, No. 288.
“Exposition des Tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, et Sisley,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, No. 115.
“Sisley: Master Impressionist,” The Walters Art Gallery, March 14- June 13, 1993.
“French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 4, 1967- June 5, 1968.
“Naissance de l’Impressionisme,” Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1937, illus no. 37.
“Sisley,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1937, No. 2.
“Pictures by Boudin, Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, and Sisley,” Grafton Galleries, London, 1905, No. 288.
“Exposition des Tableaux de Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, et Sisley,” Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, No. 115.
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