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Lot Essay
In 1889, Sisley settled in Moret-sur-Loing, a small village about twenty-five miles southeast of Paris where he painted thoughout the 1880s. The town and surrounding countryside so enchanted him that on 31 August 1881 he wrote to his friend Monet:
Moret is just two hours journey from Paris, and has plenty of places to let at six hundred to a thousand francs. There is a market once a week, a pretty church, and beautiful scenery round about. If you were thinking of moving, why not come and see? (Quoted in M. Stevens, Alfred Sisley, London, 1992, p. 184)
The present work is one at least four paintings which Sisley made in 1895 depicting the wooded fields around Moret. In this version, he has included for anecdotal effect a figure on a path. The bright palette and dappled brushwork of the painting are characteristic of Sisley's late work; here, they are used to create the convincing impression of a hazy late summer day.
Moret is just two hours journey from Paris, and has plenty of places to let at six hundred to a thousand francs. There is a market once a week, a pretty church, and beautiful scenery round about. If you were thinking of moving, why not come and see? (Quoted in M. Stevens, Alfred Sisley, London, 1992, p. 184)
The present work is one at least four paintings which Sisley made in 1895 depicting the wooded fields around Moret. In this version, he has included for anecdotal effect a figure on a path. The bright palette and dappled brushwork of the painting are characteristic of Sisley's late work; here, they are used to create the convincing impression of a hazy late summer day.