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

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Promenade des marronniers, 1878

Alfred Sisley

Promenade des marronniers, 1878

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Lady's Cove - Langland Bay - Le matin, 1897

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Lady's Cove - Langland Bay - Le matin, 1897

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La berge à Saint-Mammès, 1880

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La berge à Saint-Mammès, 1880

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Bords de rivière, ou Les Oies, 1897

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Bords de rivière, ou Les Oies, 1897

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Bords du Loing, près Saint-Mammès, 1896

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Bords du Loing, près Saint-Mammès, 1896

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Vue de Moret-sur-Loing à travers les arbres, 1892

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Vue de Moret-sur-Loing à travers les arbres, 1892

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Bords de Seine à Port-Marly, 1875

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Bords de Seine à Port-Marly, 1875

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Sur le bord du canal du Loing, 1883

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Sur le bord du canal du Loing, 1883

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Bords du Loing, 1892

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Bords du Loing, 1892

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La ferme du Trou d'Enfer, matinée d'automne, 1874

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La ferme du Trou d'Enfer, matinée d'automne, 1874

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L'embouchure du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1885

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L'embouchure du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1885

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Bateau de charge sur le Loing, 1880

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Bateau de charge sur le Loing, 1880

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La Seine au point du jour, 1878

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La Seine au point du jour, 1878

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La station à Sèvres, 1879

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La station à Sèvres, 1879

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Bords du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

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Bords du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

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Rue à Marly, 1876

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Rue à Marly, 1876

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Le Port de Saint Mammès, le matin, 1885

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Le Port de Saint Mammès, le matin, 1885

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Le Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

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Le Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

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Bords de Seine à Bougival, 1874

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Bords de Seine à Bougival, 1874

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Moret-sur-Loing, 1892

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Moret-sur-Loing, 1892

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Près de Moret-Sur-Loing, 1881

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Près de Moret-Sur-Loing, 1881

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Bords du Loing, 1892

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Bords du Loing, 1892

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La manufacture de Sèvres, 1879

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La manufacture de Sèvres, 1879

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Le Loing à Moret, 1883

Alfred Sisley

Le Loing à Moret, 1883

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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