Alfred Sisley revisited

I have written about Alfred Sisley before. He is one of the pioneers of expressionism, a friend of Monet but he did not live long enough to enjoy any fame or fortune. He lived in poverty for the second half of his life.

I looked at my painting collection in my computer just now and got struck by this painting. Maybe it is the time of snow, maybe the desolate feeling the painting is giving out. It was painted 100 years before I was born.

Snow at Louveciennes 1874; Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 45.7 cm; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC