A Turn in the Road

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A Turn in the Road, 1873. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 54.5 × 64.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: A Turn in the Road
Artist: Alfred Sisley (British, active in France, 1839–1899)
Date: 1873
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54.5 × 64.7 cm (20 3/4 × 25 1/2 in.); Framed: 76.2 × 87 × 8.9 cm (30 × 34 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1839–1899

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.