The Small Meadows in Spring, By
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The Small Meadows in Spring, By (French Les Petits Prés au printemps, By) is an 1881 painting by
The location it shows is now paved, but was then a wooded path along the left bank of the
Production
In 1880 financial difficulties forced Sisley to leave Sèvres and in 1882 he set up home in Moret-sur-Loing to the south-east of Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. Before definitively settling in Moret, he also painted several works in the area around Veneux-les-Sablons. This also marked a turning-point in his oeuvre, giving his landscapes a vitality and incomparable freshness.
It was catalogue number 35 in an anonymous sale at the Hôtel Drouot, curated by Paul Durand-Ruel and the commissaire-priseur Paul Chevalier[3]/. It was later owned by Erwin Davis, before being bought back on 14 April 1899 in New York by Durand Ruel. In 1931 it was owned by Arthur Tooth & Sons, before being presented to the National Gallery in 1936 in memory of Roger Fry.[4] In 1953 the National Gallery assigned it to Tate Britain, which loaned in back to the National Gallery in 1997.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Gallery catalogue entry".
- ISBN 0714894117, 2004, p 102
- ^ "Catalogue, p.36".
- ^ "Insecula entry".