An ice- and powder-blue sky swirled with faint peach takes up the top two-thirds of this landscape painting. A farm, field, road, and fence lie beyond the snow-dusted, spiky branches of a tree jutting into the scene from the lower right corner. The road extends from the bottom left corner into the distance near the left edge of the canvas. The fence cuts across the space closer to us, and the snowy field beyond reflects the cool blues of the sky. The pale green and peanut-brown farmhouse and buildings are topped with pale blue, snow-covered roofs. Dark forms near the road in the distance…
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First Snow at Veneux-Nadon

Alfred Sisley (French, 1839 - 1899)

1878

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 49.2 x 65.2 cm (19 3/8 x 25 11/16 in.) ; framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 3 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her grandfather, Louis Koch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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