# Canal in Autumn (Gisors)

- By: Henri Le Sidaner (French, 1862–1939)
- Date: 1913
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 53.3 x 63.5 cm (21 x 25 in.)
- Culture: France, early 20th century
- Credit line: Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.73)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2011.73/2011.73_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This painting depicts a canal in Gisors, a commune in Normandy, about 40 miles northwest of Paris on the river Epte. Le Sidaner painted this work in a Divisionist technique of applying pure color in large, broken strokes, often separated by areas of white or gray. Unlike the Impressionists, Le Sidaner preferred a restrained palette of delicately nuanced tones that evoke a mood of quiet mystery. His views of old canals, typically portrayed in a crepuscular or nocturnal light, and completely absent of figures, allude to the passage of time and a timeless eternity that exceeds the human life span.