Autumn: Banks of the Seine near Bougival

This painting was executed one year prior to the historic first exhibition of the Impressionists in the gallery of the photographer Nadar where it was shown. Sisley was then working in Louveciennes and its environs, where he had spent more than a year producing an abundance of works of a quality not always found in his subsequent painting. His sensitive perception enabled him to note the subdued harmony of colours of this autumnal day and to capture its glowing luminosity.