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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Museums & Institutions

Renoir and Sisley Paintings Returned to Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer

by Jo Lawson-Tancred
Renoir and Sisley Paintings Returned to Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer
Art Fairs

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Alfred Sisley (876 results)
Pâturage en bord de Seine, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Pâturage en bord de Seine, 1897

Sale Date: December 3, 1996

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Pruniers et noyer au printemps, 1889

Alfred Sisley

Pruniers et noyer au printemps, 1889

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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Le barrage de Saint-Mammès, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Le barrage de Saint-Mammès, 1885

Sale Date: December 3, 1996

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La Tamise à Hampton Court, East Molesey, 1874

Alfred Sisley

La Tamise à Hampton Court, East Molesey, 1874

Sale Date: December 3, 1996

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Les bords du Loing, 1896

Alfred Sisley

Les bords du Loing, 1896

Sale Date: December 3, 1996

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Rue à Veneux, 1883

Alfred Sisley

Rue à Veneux, 1883

Sale Date: December 3, 1996

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Péniche sur la Seine, effet d'automne, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Péniche sur la Seine, effet d'automne, 1879

Sale Date: November 20, 1996

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Le quai a sable, 1875

Alfred Sisley

Le quai a sable, 1875

Sale Date: November 14, 1996

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Autour de la foret, une clairiere, 1895

Alfred Sisley

Autour de la foret, une clairiere, 1895

Sale Date: November 14, 1996

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Moret-sur-Loing, 1888

Alfred Sisley

Moret-sur-Loing, 1888

Sale Date: November 13, 1996

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Bords de riviere, les oies, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de riviere, les oies, 1897

Sale Date: November 6, 1996

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Les jardins sous la neige

Alfred Sisley

Les jardins sous la neige

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Le Loing à Moret, effet d'automne, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Le Loing à Moret, effet d'automne, 1890

Sale Date: June 25, 1996

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La lisière de la forêt au printemps, le soir, 1886

Alfred Sisley

La lisière de la forêt au printemps, le soir, 1886

Sale Date: June 25, 1996

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Le canal du Loing, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Le canal du Loing, 1884

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Bords du Loing: La Charette, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing: La Charette, 1890

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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The wave: Lady's Cove, Langland Bay, 1897

Alfred Sisley

The wave: Lady's Cove, Langland Bay, 1897

Sale Date: May 2, 1996

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Promenade des Marronniers, 1878

Alfred Sisley

Promenade des Marronniers, 1878

Sale Date: May 1, 1996

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Le pont de Moret au soleil, 1892

Alfred Sisley

Le pont de Moret au soleil, 1892

Sale Date: April 30, 1996

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Bords du Loing, près Saint-Mammès, 1896

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing, près Saint-Mammès, 1896

Sale Date: April 19, 1996

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Along the Loing

Manner/Style of Alfred Sisley

Along the Loing

Sale Date: April 6, 1996

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Aux environs des Sablons - temps gris

Alfred Sisley

Aux environs des Sablons - temps gris

Sale Date: March 20, 1996

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Les bords de la rivière, 1874

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Les bords de la rivière, 1874

Sale Date: February 28, 1996

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Côtes du Pays de Galles, matinée brumeuse, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Côtes du Pays de Galles, matinée brumeuse, 1897

Sale Date: February 20, 1996

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