Alfred SisleyFrench, 1840–1899La rade de Cardiff
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “La rade de Cardiff” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, Reims. Unknown.
Reims, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in French
Huile sur toile ; Vue sur la mer depuis une falaise sur laquelle se tiennent deux jeunes femmes ; au premier plan, arbre ; au loin, ponton et voiliers.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims
Details
- Accession number
- 907.19.233
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims — © Christian DEVLEESCHAUWER; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Alfred Sisley
The whole lifesummer 1897
Third trip to Britain: Penarth near Cardiff
In the summer of 1897 Sisley and Eugénie, who was in the early stages of throat cancer, travelled to Wales, sponsored by his patron François Depeaux, who was visiting Cardiff on business. The couple settled in neighbouring Penarth, where Sisley painted from the cliffs overlooking the town.
3 August 1897
The consul in Cardiff certifies Eugénie as the mother
The French consul in Cardiff, Adolphe de Trobiaud, formally certified Eugénie as the mother of Alfred's children. Two days later the couple married at Cardiff Register Office, which legitimised their children and secured their inheritance.
5 August 1897
Married: Marie-Louise Adélaïde-Eugénie Lescouezec
8 October 1898
Death of his wife Eugénie
Eugénie Sisley died on 8 October 1898 and was buried in Moret cemetery the following day. Sisley, by then succumbing to throat cancer, was unable to attend the funeral.
29 January 1899
Circumstances of his death: poverty and throat cancer
Sisley died at Moret-sur-Loing, near Fontainebleau, in poverty and obscurity, of rheumatism and throat cancer, only a few months after his wife.
29 January 1899
Died
