The Banks of the Oise

Alfred Sisley

1877/1878

The Banks of the Oise by Alfred Sisley

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 54.3 x 64.7 cm (21 3/8 x 25 1/2 in.) framed: 76.5 x 87.1 cm (30 1/8 x 34 5/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CF

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.214

About the Artist

Alfred Sisley · 18391899

Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was a British-born French Impressionist landscape painter who remained the most consistently devoted to pure Impressionist principles throughout his career. Born in Paris to prosperous English parents, he studied at the atelier of Charles Gleyre alongside Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Frédéric Bazille, forming friendships that placed him at the heart of the eme...

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