Floods early in the spring of 1872 brought Sisley to Port-Marly, a village on the Seine near Louveciennes, the artist's home. The water here is calm and human activity is minimal. Instead of a dramatic or picturesque incident, the artist's attention was drawn to purely visual effects of rain-laden clouds and waterlogged streets. The calmness of the painting and the directness and simplicity of Sisley's observation are traits borrowed from Corot, whom Sisley had met in the 1960s.
The composition is traditional. The Restaurant à Saint Nicolas on the left and the upright pylon on the right and its reflection form a stable foreground and frame an opening in the middle to a group of trees and a distant hill. However, the artist's handling distinguishes Flood at Port-Marly as an impressionist work. Painted quickly on the spot, probably in one session, Sisley used muted tones with a broad spectrum of hues, which he applied in a thin layer of smooth brushstrokes that Sisley varied in response to individual components of the landscape. The distinctive nuanced tonality and animated surface of this painting are hallmarks of the best of Sisley's mature work.
Alfred Sisley (Paris, 30 October 1839 - Moret-sur-Loing, 29 January 1899) was a British Impressionist painter, who lived and worked largely in France.
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