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''View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles'' is a painting by
Despite being born in Paris, Sisley did not find it easy to produce views of the city, instead preferring industrial subjects such as ''
Image:Georges Michel, The Mill of Montmartre, ca. 1820.jpg, ''The Mill in Montmartre'', c. 1820 by Georges Michel,
''View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles'' is a 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 ...
, produced in spring 1869 now in the Musée de Grenoble
The Museum of Grenoble (french: Musée de Grenoble) is a municipal museum of Fine Arts and antiquities in the city of Grenoble in the Isère region of France.
Located on the left bank of the Isère River, place Lavalette, it is known both for ...
. It bears national museums reference France Inv. MG 1317. It was given to that museum in 1901 by the artist's friend and fellow painter Joseph-Auguste Rousselin,''Studies in the History of Art'', National Gallery of Art, 1985, p. 100 only two years after Sisley's death. It is one of the first Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
paintings to depict Montmartre
Montmartre ( , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by Rue Ca ...
, showing it as in very verdant surrounds.
Context
Despite being born in Paris, Sisley did not find it easy to produce views of the city, instead preferring industrial subjects such as ''View of the Canal Saint-Martin
''View of the Canal Saint-Martin'' is an 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by Alfred Sisley, 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 for 170 fran ...
'' or depicting the city from a distance as in this work. He painted it from his apartment at 27 Cité des Fleurs
The ''Cité des Fleurs'' is a pedestrian street in the épinettes district in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. This small village in the city remained very picturesque with small size buildings and gardens, with each building and plot following st ...
, Batignolles
Batignolles () is a neighbourhood of Paris, part of its 17th arrondissement. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by the Boulevard des Batignolles, on the east by the Avenue de Clichy, on the north by Rue Cardinet and on the west by the Ru ...
, where he lived with his companion Marie-Adélaïde-Eugénie LescouezecMaryAnne Stevens, in ''Sisley: Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, 3 juillet-18 octobre 1992, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 28 octobre 1992-31 janvier 1993, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 14 mars-13 juin 1993'', Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992, p. 106 between 1867 and 1873 and where their children Pierre and Jeanne were born on 17 June 1867 and 29 January 1869. Richard Shone notes that even at this date Sisley's compositions showed more interest in the water and sky than in urban life and the buildings, meaning he was already effectively a landscape painter.Richard Shone, Éditions Phaidon, , 2004, p. 38 MaryAnne Stevens contrasts the work with the stormy skies and dramatic mills in the depictions of Montmartre by Georges Michel and Constant Troyon
Constant Troyon (August 28, 1810 – February 21, 1865) was a French painter of the Barbizon school. In the early part of his career he painted mostly landscapes. It was only comparatively late in life that Troyon found his ''métier'' as a pa ...
.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Image:La Pente de Montmartre.jpg, ''Pente de Montmartre'' 1850 par Constant Troyon
Constant Troyon (August 28, 1810 – February 21, 1865) was a French painter of the Barbizon school. In the early part of his career he painted mostly landscapes. It was only comparatively late in life that Troyon found his ''métier'' as a pa ...
, National Gallery of Art
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Image:Montmartre from Batignolles.jpg, ''Montmartre seen from boulevard des Batignolles
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Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
In American usage, boulevards may ...
'' in 2011
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