Moret Church (Sisley series)

The Moret Church series of some dozen oil paintings was executed in 1893/94 by the English Impressionist artist Alfred Sisley. The church building depicted in each of the paintings is the Church of Notre-Dame in the village of Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France, where Sisley had elected to see out his days until his death in 1899.

The Church at Moret in the Morning Sun
Artist	Alfred Sisley
Year	1893
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	65 cm × 81 cm (26 in × 32 in)
Location	Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France

In emulation of Claude Monet, who was himself capturing a series of images of Rouen cathedral during the same period, Sisley portrayed Moret church at different times of day, in different weather conditions and in different seasons of the year. The series of paintings, depicting the church's west entrance and the southern wall of the nave, were all created from the same vantage point, an upstairs window in his house across from the church.[1] In contrast with Monet, however, Sisley's canvasses are more restrained and detailed, recording more accurately what he could see.

The works in the series are now distributed around the world and are on display in France, the United States, Switzerland, Scotland and Hungary.[2]

Other works in the series

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  The Church in Morning Sun- 1893 - Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
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  The Church in Afternoon Sun - 1893
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  The Church in the Evening Sun - 1894 - Petit Palais, Paris
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  The Church in Morning Rain - 1893 - Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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  The Church after Rain - 1894 - Detroit Institute of Arts, USA
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  The Church in Winter - 1893–94 - Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Hungary