el greco boy blowing ember Dimensions (inches):37 x 32" painted by Alfred Sisley

painted by Alfred Sisley

It is a bicolor landscape (green and beige) of the French countryside

known as Folies Bergère

he refers to the painting with these words: "Its violet shadows lie on the sunlit sand

la cual se delinea cuidadosamente para luego rellenarla con un aspecto realista (en contra de la praxis general de los impresionistas)

el greco boy blowing ember Dimensions (inches):37 x 32" painted by Alfred SisleyAlso known by the title "The Blower," it was painted in oil on canvas in 1572. A work of Mannerist style where the magnificence of El Greco as a portraitist can be observed. He also displays complete mastery of lighting and the incidence of light on the face. The subject of the work is enigmatic: a boy lighting a flame in a dark and apparently cold space. The origin of the idea is not clear, but the artist repeated it several times throughout his