Alfred Sisley

(French, 1839–1899)

Alfred Sisley was a French-born British painter and founding member of Impressionism. Sisley's Snow at Louveciennes (1878), is emblematic of the movement’s attempt to register fleeting effects of weather and light. “The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder,” he once remarked. “By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from the first be made to notice what the artist has felt.” Born on October 30, 1839 in Paris, France to British parents, he retained his parents’ nationality even as he lived the majority of his life in France. Sent to London by his father in 1857 to study commerce, Sisley neglected his work and often visited the city’s museums, where he saw the works of John Constable and J.M.W. Turner. Returning to Paris in 1860, he studied under the painter Charles Gleyre alongside Frédéric Bazille, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Together the young painters traveled to forests outside of Paris and began producing paintings en plein air (in open air). Despite his commitment to the Impressionist style, Sisley’s works never gained the same recognition as his colleagues Monet and Renoir. He died in Moret-sur-Loing, France on January 29, 1899 at the age of 59. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the National Gallery in London, and Neue Pinakothek in Munich, among others.
 

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19th-Century European and British Art, Impressionist and Modern Art

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L'allée des peupliers à Moret au bord du Loing, 1890

Alfred Sisley

L'allée des peupliers à Moret au bord du Loing, 1890

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Saint-Mammès-le soir, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Saint-Mammès-le soir, 1885

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Vue de Moret, 1889

Alfred Sisley

Vue de Moret, 1889

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Le Pont de Moret et les Moulins - Effet..., 1890

Alfred Sisley

Le Pont de Moret et les Moulins - Effet..., 1890

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Saint-Mammès, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Saint-Mammès, 1885

Sale Date: June 21, 2012

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Bord de Rivière, les Oies (from Album..., 1897

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Bord de Rivière, les Oies (from Album..., 1897

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Les oies au bord du Loing

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Les oies au bord du Loing

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Gardeuse d'oies au bord du Loing

Alfred Sisley

Gardeuse d'oies au bord du Loing

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Un Noyer dans la prairie de Thomery, 1880

Alfred Sisley

Un Noyer dans la prairie de Thomery, 1880

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Chemin à l'entrée d'un bois, 1890–1891

Alfred Sisley

Chemin à l'entrée d'un bois, 1890–1891

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Vieille chaumière aux sablons, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Vieille chaumière aux sablons, 1885

Sale Date: May 3, 2012

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Les bords de rivière (Les Oies) (from..., 1897

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Les bords de rivière (Les Oies) (from..., 1897

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Saint Mammès, avant l'été, 1883

Alfred Sisley

Saint Mammès, avant l'été, 1883

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Le pont de St. Cloud, 1877

Alfred Sisley

Le pont de St. Cloud, 1877

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Les coteaux de la Celle-sous-Moret, vus de..., 1884

Alfred Sisley

Les coteaux de la Celle-sous-Moret, vus de..., 1884

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Saint-Mammès, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Saint-Mammès, 1885

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Le lavoir de Billancourt, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Le lavoir de Billancourt, 1879

Sale Date: November 3, 2011

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Jour de brouillard à Saint-Mammès, 1880

Alfred Sisley

Jour de brouillard à Saint-Mammès, 1880

Sale Date: November 2, 2011

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Saint-Mammès, Le matin, 1881

Alfred Sisley

Saint-Mammès, Le matin, 1881

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Le printemps à Moret sur Loing, 1891

Alfred Sisley

Le printemps à Moret sur Loing, 1891

Sale Date: November 1, 2011

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Paysage, 1887

Alfred Sisley

Paysage, 1887

Sale Date: November 1, 2011

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Bords de rivière or Les oies

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Bords de rivière or Les oies

Sale Date: September 27, 2011

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Deux maisonnettes isolées, 1886

Alfred Sisley

Deux maisonnettes isolées, 1886

Sale Date: August 2, 2011

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Au bord de l'Orvanne, 1892

Alfred Sisley

Au bord de l'Orvanne, 1892

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

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