The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring (painting)

The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring

Artist| Alfred Sisley
Year| 1875
Medium| Oil on canvas
Dimensions| 73.6 cm × 99.6 cm (29.0 in × 39.2 in)
Location| The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring is a painting by English Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley, completed in 1875. It is in The Walters Art Museum collection.

## History[edit]

Alfred Sisley can be distinguished from other Impressionists by his commitment to landscape painting. In 1872, he moved his family to Louveciennes, where he painted the nearby view of the Seine Valley at St.-Germain-en-Laye.[1] Over the course of his career he painted nearly 900 oil paintings, which were mainly landscapes spanning from the forest of Fontainebleau and Louveciennes, London to Moret and Wales. He would often focus on the serenity of pastoral settings.[2]

## Composition[edit]

The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring represents a panoramic view of the Seine Valley and captures the light associated with Springtime. The painting portrays a seemingly limitless area of countryside. The river is shown winding away from Paris, in the foreground, laborers work in a vineyard and a lone female walks through the orchard. In the distance, there is a chateau, which housed the royal court until 1682. Modern aspects of the painting include the steam-powered tugboats pulling barges and the railroad bridge.[3]

## Off the Wall[edit]

Until December 31, 2013, a reproduction of The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring was on display at Robert E. Lee Park as part of Off the Wall, an open-air exhibition on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.[4] The National Gallery in London began the concept of bringing art out of doors in 2007, and the Detroit Institute of Art introduced the concept in the U.S. The Off the Wall reproductions of the Walters' paintings are done on weather-resistant vinyl and include a description of the painting and a QR code for smart phones.[5]

## See also[edit]

* List of paintings by Alfred Sisley

## References[edit]

1. ^ Johnston, W., Nineteenth Century Art:From Romanticism to Art Nouveau, The Walters Art Gallery, 2000, p. 134.
2. ^ Alfred Sisley Biography
3. ^ Johnston, W., Nineteenth Century Art:From Romanticism to Art Nouveau, The Walters Art Gallery, 2000, p. 135.
4. ^ Walters Art Museum - Off the Wall Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Smith, T., "Walters Art Museum goes of the wall", The Baltimore Sun, September 11, 2012

## External links[edit]

* Google Art

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Paintings|

* List of paintings
* Avenue of Chestnut Trees at La Celle-Saint-Cloud (1865)
* View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles (1869)
* View of the Canal Saint-Martin (1870)
* Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1872)
* Drying Nets (1872)
* Rue de la Chaussée in Argenteuil (1872)
* The Seine at Argenteuil (1872)
* The Grand-Rue in Argenteuil (1872)
* Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood (1872)
* The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1872)
* The Canal Saint-Martin (1872)
* Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes (1873)
* Frost in Louveciennes (1873)
* The Aqueduct at Marly (1874)
* Under Hampton Court Bridge (1874)
* The Church at Noisy-le-Roi, Autumn Effect (1874)
* Regatta at Molesey near Hampton Court (1874)
* The Village of Voisins (1874)
* The Meadow (1875)
* The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand (1875)
* The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring (1875)
* The Forge at Marly-le-Roi (1875)
* A Street in Marly (1876)
* Place du Chenil in Marly, Snow Effect (1876)
* The Watering Trough at Marly with Hoarfrost (1876)
* Flooding at Port-Marly (1876)
* The Seine at Bougival (1876)
* The Banks of the Oise (1877–78)
* Resting by a Stream at the Edge of the Wood (1878)
* The Small Meadows in Spring, By (1881)
* The Edge of Fontainebleau Forest (1885)
* The Small Meadows at By, Stormy Weather
* Avenue of Poplars near Moret-sur-Loing (1890)
* The Canal du Loing in Winter (1891)
* The Canal du Loing (1892)

Series|

* Marly series (1873–1876)
* Moret Church (1893–1894)

Depictions|

* Mother Anthony's Tavern (1866)
* A Couple (Les Fiancés) (c. 1868 painting)
* Interior, after Dinner (1868-1869)
* Under the Lamp (1887)

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* Pays des Impressionnistes

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