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.
 

Alfred Sisley Artworks

Alfred Sisley (876 results)
Pont de Moret-sur-Loing, 1888

Alfred Sisley

Pont de Moret-sur-Loing, 1888

Sale Date: December 2, 2008

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Le lavoir de Billancourt, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Le lavoir de Billancourt, 1879

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Entre Moret et Saint-Mammès, 1883

Alfred Sisley

Entre Moret et Saint-Mammès, 1883

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Premier jour de printemps à Moret, 1889

Alfred Sisley

Premier jour de printemps à Moret, 1889

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Le Pont de Moret, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Le Pont de Moret, 1890

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Les oies à Saint-Mammès

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Les oies à Saint-Mammès

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Été à Moret, 1888

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Été à Moret, 1888

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Le chemin dans la campagne, 1876

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Le chemin dans la campagne, 1876

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Le canal du Loing à Saint Mammès, 1888

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Le canal du Loing à Saint Mammès, 1888

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Les hauteurs de Saint-Mammès au printemps, 1880

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Les hauteurs de Saint-Mammès au printemps, 1880

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Le village des Sablons, 1885

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Le village des Sablons, 1885

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Bords du Loing: La charette, 1890

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Bords du Loing: La charette, 1890

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Bords du Loing: La charrette, 1890

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Bords du Loing: La charrette, 1890

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Paysage près de Moret, 1884

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Paysage près de Moret, 1884

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Bords du Loing, 1896

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing, 1896

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Canal du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

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Canal du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

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La vague, Baie de Langland, Pays de Galles, 1897

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La vague, Baie de Langland, Pays de Galles, 1897

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Verger aux environs de Moret-sur-Loing, 1890

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Verger aux environs de Moret-sur-Loing, 1890

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Les bords du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1885

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Les bords du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1885

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Abreuvoir de Marly, 1895

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Abreuvoir de Marly, 1895

Sale Date: June 25, 2008

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Bords du Loing, 1890

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Bords du Loing, 1890

Sale Date: June 18, 2008

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Saint Mammés, 1885

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Saint Mammés, 1885

Sale Date: June 18, 2008

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Bords de Rivière - Les Oies, 1897

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Bords de Rivière - Les Oies, 1897

Sale Date: June 5, 2008

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Paysage à Sèvres (study), 1878

Alfred Sisley

Paysage à Sèvres (study), 1878

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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