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Small Meadows in Spring
Presented by a body of subscribers in memory of Roger Fry 1936
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
cloud
countries and continents
field
France
landscape
leisure and pastimes
path
places
recreational activities
river
seasons
spring
sunshine
townscapes / man-made features
Veneux-Nadon
walking
water: inland
weather
wooded
<p>Sisley moved from Sèvres to Veneux-Nadon, on the outskirts of Moret-sur-Loing, in 1880, and stayed for the next two years. The painting depicts a view of a riverside path between Veneux and By. Sisley painted several other pictures at this time along this path or very close to it.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 March 1997
5 March 1997
1997-03-05
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
1997-03-05
Long Loan to the National Gallery
Loan-out
22 October 2013 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
22 October 2013 – 5 January 2014
2014-01-05
2013-10-22
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
http://www.fujibi.or.jp/
15 January 2014 – 2 March 2014
2014-03-02
2014-01-15
Fukuoka Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan)
11 March 2014 – 11 May 2014
2014-05-11
2014-03-11
Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
2013-10-22
Impressionists at Waterside
Loan-out
21 January 2017 – 15 October 2017
2017-10-15
21 January 2017 – 21 May 2017
2017-05-21
2017-01-21
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science (Greenwich, USA)
10 June 2017 – 15 October 2017
2017-10-15
2017-06-10
Caumont Art Centre (Aix-en-Provence, France)
2017-01-21
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Impressionist Master
Loan-out
10 May 2018 – 16 September 2018
2018-09-16
10 May 2018 – 16 September 2018
2018-09-16
2018-05-10
Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
2018-05-10
Wanderlust. Von Caspar David Friedrich bis Auguste Renoir
Loan-out
8 June 2021 – 14 January 2024
2024-01-14
8 July 2021 – 14 November 2021
2021-11-14
2021-07-08
Museum of Art Pudong (Shanghai, China)
20 December 2021 – 8 May 2022
2022-05-08
2021-12-20
Buk-Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, South Korea)
15 June 2022 – 13 November 2022
2022-11-13
2022-06-15
ACMI (Melbourne, Australia)
25 February 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-02-25
Auckland Art Gallery (Auckland, New Zealand)
12 July 2023 – 2 October 2023
2023-10-02
2023-07-12
National Art Center (Tokyo, Japan)
26 October 2023 – 14 January 2024
2024-01-14
2023-10-26
Nakanoshima Museum of Art (Osaka, Japan)
2021-06-08
Light
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 May 2025 – 1 May 2026
2026-05-01
1 May 2025 – 1 May 2026
2026-05-01
2025-05-01
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2025-05-01
National Gallery Bicentenary
Loan-out
The Small Meadows in Spring
support: 543 × 730 mm
frame: 720 × 911 × 105 mm
Presented by a body of subscribers in memory of Roger Fry 1936
<p>Sisley moved from Sèvres to Veneux-Nadon, on the outskirts of Moret-sur-Loing, in 1880, and stayed for the next two years. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> depicts a view of a riverside path between Veneux and By. Sisley painted several other pictures at this time along this path or very close to it.</p>
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<p><b>Alfred Sisley</b><span> 1839-1899 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sisley-the-small-meadows-in-spring-n04843" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04843</span></a> </span><b>Les Petits Prés au Printemps</b><span> (The Small Meadows in Spring) 1880 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'Sisley' b.r.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 21 3/8 x 28 3/4 (54 x 73)</span>
<br/><span>Presented to the National Gallery by a body of subscribers in memory of Roger Fry 1936; transferred 1953</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Erwin Davis, New York; with Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris, 1899; with Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, 1931; the subscribers 1936</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Sisley</i><span>, Durand-Ruel, New York, April-May 1927 (15); </span><i>Tableaux de Sisley</i><span>, Durand-Ruel, Paris, February-March 1930 (51), dated 1885; </span><i>Summer Exhibition</i><span>, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, August-September 1933 (6); </span><i>La Flèche d'Or</i><span>, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, May-June 1935 (27), dated </span><i>c.</i><span>1880; </span><i>Summer Exhibition</i><span>, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, August-September 1935 (30)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
T. McGreevy, 'Les Petits Près au Printemps' in </span><i>Studio</i><span>, CXVI, 1938, p.181, repr. p.197 in colour; Martin Davies, </span><i>National Gallery Catalogue of the French School</i><span> (London 1946), p.87; François Daulte, </span><i>Alfred Sisley</i><span> (Paris 1959), No.391, p.172, repr. p.173 (dated 1880); William Gaunt, </span><i>The Impressionists</i><span> (London 1972), p.122, repr. pl.34 in colour</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
James Laver, </span><i>French Painting and the Nineteenth Century</i><span> (London 1937), pl.104 </span>
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<p><span>Sisley moved from Sèvres to Veneux-Nadon, on the outskirts of Moret-sur-Loing, in 1880 and remained there until September 1882 when he settled in Moret itself. Le Chemin des Petits Prés (the Path through the Small Meadows) is the name of a riverside path between Veneux and By. Sisley painted several other pictures at this time along this path or very close to it, including [</span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N05144" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N05144');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N05144</span></a><span>]. One called 'Les Petits Prés à By' was shown in the seventh <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impressionism" title="Glossary definition for 'Impressionism'"><span>Impressionist</span></a> exhibition in March 1882. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.690-1, reproduced p.690 </span>
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2004-09-15T00:00:00
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architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cloud countries and continents field France landscape leisure and pastimes path places recreational activities river seasons spring sunshine townscapes / man-made features Veneux-Nadon walking water: inland weather wooded