Alfred Sisley

Pablo Picasso, "Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background", 1952, enamel on composition board, 49 3/16 x 31 7/8 inches. Promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson, Jr. ©2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York RALEIGH, NC.- Lawrence J. Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, today announced a promised gift to the Museum from the collection of Josie and Julian Robertson, of New York. The gift includes four paintings by important European Impressionist and modern artists. In... [Lire la suite]

NEW YORk, NY. - Sotheby’s 4 November 2009 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York will feature seven paintings from the Durand-Ruel Collection, encompassing works by a number of the Impressionist masters that legendary art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel represented -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley. All but one work were acquired by Paul Durand-Ruel directly from the artist and all have remained in the family ever since. Many have not been exhibited since the 1950s and together the offering is... [Lire la suite]

Alfred Sisley, Le village de Champagne au coucher du soleil - Arvil Painted in 1885. signed Sisley (lower left). oil on canvas. 50 by 73cm. Estimate 350,000—450,000 GBP To be included in the new edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of Alfred Sisley by François Daulte being prepared at Galerie Brame & Lorenceau by the Comité Alfred Sisley. PROVENANCE: Durand-Ruel, Paris & New YorkErwin Davis, New York (acquired from the above)Durand-Ruel, New York (acquired from the above on 7th January 1899)Frank Hadley Ginn... [Lire la suite]

Alfred Sisley, Bridge at Hampton Court, 1874. Wallraf Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne. © Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne. LONDON.- Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was one of the greatest landscape painters of the 19th century and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. Yet Sisley, the only ‘Englishman’ among the French Impressionists, remains a relatively unknown figure to many. The National Gallery celebrates the artist and his work with 'Sisley in England and Wales', an exhibition focused entirely on his... [Lire la suite]