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Sisley
A survey of one of the greatest landscape painters of the 19th-century.
Richard Shone
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Overview
- The most detailed and authoritative survey yet to appear of the life and works of Alfred Sisley (1839-99)
- Sisley was one of the greatest landscape painters of the 19th century and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement
- Includes important series of paintings never before reproduced together in such quantity
- Author's extensive research uncovers new biographical details
Specifications
- Hardback
- English
- 290 x 250 mm, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in
- 240 pp
- 130 colour illustrations, 40 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714826875
- ISBN-10: 0714826871
About the book
Alfred Sisley (1839-99) was one of the greatest landscape painters of the nineteenth century and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. His celebrated snow scenes of the Paris suburbs, his views of the flooded Seine at Pont-Marly and the colourful regattas on the Thames achieve a superb tonal balance and poetry of mood, while also giving a lively depiction of their subjects. Richard Shone brings a fresh eye and an intimate knowledge of the Ile de France to this, the most detailed and authoritative survey yet to appear of Sisley's life and works. With a wealth of illustrations and an absorbing text, and now reiussued as an attractively priced paperback, this book reveals Sisley as an artist of seductive power and originality.
In The Press
'Richard Shone's Sisley is a work of distinction: knowledgeable, thoughtful and very well written. This is the book to buy.' (Daily Telegraph)
About the author(s)
Richard Shone is Associate Editor of the Burlington Magazine. He has written widely on British and French art, and his books include Bloomsbury Portraits, Walter Sickert and Rachel Whiteread's House, all published by Phaidon. He was also a member of the jury for the 1988 Turner Prize and of the committee of the Government Art Collection.
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