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The Flood at Port-Marly - Sisley, Alfred. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Based in Marly-le-Roi from 1874 to 1877, Sisley executed a group of seven paintings on the flooding of the Seine in March 1876.
En el mes de diciembre de 1872 Sisley había ejecutado cuatro cuadros que mostraban inundaciones en Port-Marly. En 1876 hubo otra inundación y Sisley realizó siete cuadros para dejar constancia de sus distintas etapas, desde la primera crecida del río hasta el regreso de las aguas al cauce.
Flooding at Port-Marly is the title of two series of paintings by Alfred Sisley, produced at Port-Marly in 1872 (seven works) and 1876 (four works). Two works from the 1876 series are now in the Musée d'Orsay, with one hanging in the museum itself and the other at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. [1]
In 1874, Sisley moved to Marly-le-Roi and became the chronicler of this village situated a few kilometres to the west of Paris. His most beautiful motif was when the Seine burst its banks and flooded the neighbouring village of Port-Marly in the spring of 1876.
His most beautiful motif was when the Seine burst its banks and flooded the neighbouring village of Port-Marly in the spring of 1876. The artist produced six paintings of this event. He...
- Alfred Sisley
The distinctive nuanced tonality and animated surface of this painting are hallmarks of the best of Sisley's mature work. Sisley painted the floods at Port–Marly again in 1876, echoing this 1872 composition in two virtually identical works.
Sisley. The flood at Port-Marly, 1876. View this in high resolution. Alfred Sisley 1839 – 1899. Oil on canvas 46.1 x 55.9 cm. Given by Captain S.W. Sykes, 1958. Collections record: PD.69-1958. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Port-Marly lies on the left bank of the Seine, between Saint Germain-en-Laye and Bougival.
