Flood at Moret (Inondation \u00e0 Moret)

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During the 1870s the Seine and its tributaries, such as the Loing, flooded several times. Rather than painting the destructive force of the deluge, Sisley depicted the calm aftereffects of such events: familiar towns and terrains rendered alien by altered boundaries and new reflections in the lapping waters.

Here Sisley fragments the view of the village of Moret through a screen of bare trees inundated by the Loing\u2019s high water. Completing this image in front of the scene, Sisley brushed blue paint over his canvas in visible, zigzagging strokes and allowed the white ground or base layer to stand for clouds. With quick linear gestures, he painted the wispy branches of the trees in warmer and cooler shades to suggest light and shade.

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