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Other artworks from artist. The countryside in winter particularly attracted Sisley who excelled in capturing the sadness and desolation of nature.
His taciturn and solitary temperament was more suited to mystery and silence than to the brilliance of the sun-drenched Mediterranean landscapes that artists like Renoir were so fond of.
Like Monet, Sisley followed Courbet's example in painting snow scenes. This subject appealed to the Impressionists because it allowed them to study the variations in the light, and to use different ranges of shades. Through small touches of colour placed on the canvas, the land appears iridescent with bluish reflections rather than uniformly white. The winters spent in Louveciennes, in Marly-le-Roi or in Veneux-Nadon inspired Sisley to paint numerous snow scenes, such as this one.
