''View of the Canal Saint-Martin'' is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by
Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley (; ; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedicatio ...
, first exhibited at the
Paris Salon of 1870.
It was acquired by Gaudoin or Pierre-Firmin (both art dealers). It was then bought by Dr
Paul Gachet
Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise. Gachet was a great supporter of artists and the Impressionist movement ...
for 170 francs before 1883. Gachet's son owned it from 1909 onwards and donated it to the
Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...
in 1951. It is now in the
Musée d'Orsay.
Description
This landscape depicts a large expanse of the
Canal Saint-Martin
The Canal Saint-Martin is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris, connecting the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river Seine. Over nearly half its length (), between the Rue du Faubourg du Temple and the Place de la Bastille, it was covered, in the ...
in Paris. Warehouses and other buildings overlook the canal on both sides, with a number of moored boats at the quay. A pedestrian bridge across the canal can be seen in the distance.
See also
*
List of paintings by Alfred Sisley
This is an incomplete list of the paintings by the British Impressionist artist Alfred Sisley, who was born to British parents in France, where he subsequently spent the majority of his life.
;Timeline
* 1839 Born in Paris
* 1839–1870 Paris
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References
Paintings by Alfred Sisley
1870 paintings
Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay
Water in art
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