Regatta at Molesey

Sisley travelled to England with the singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, his patron, and painted around fifteen views of the Thames between Hampton Court and Molesey. The Regatta at Molesey is a national rowing event held since 1867, and Sisley’s decision to crop the flags hard against the sky and let the boats become a smoky strip on the river is unusually modern for 1874. Our impressionist canvas print holds every flick of the dab-dab water surface.

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was the steady landscape painter of the Impressionist circle, born in Paris to British parents and exhibited at four of the eight Impressionist exhibitions. The original of this work hangs at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, having been part of the Caillebotte bequest. Few artists handled water and atmospheric haze with quite as much composure as Sisley.

Hung in a Perth interior the impressionist landscape print suits cool greys, slate, dusty mint or eucalypt walls, with brushed brass, raw oak and a touch of teal velvet pulling the flags forward. Try it above a long sofa, in a wide hallway or as the focal point of a dining wall.

Each impressionist art reproduction is hand-finished in our Perth workshop and offered as stretched canvas, slim white framed print, black timber framed print or rolled canvas, shipped Australia-wide on rigid backing.