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)
Bords du Loing: la charrette, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing: la charrette, 1890

Sale Date: February 14, 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: January 21, 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: November 28, 1995

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La Seine à Bougival, 1876

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La Seine à Bougival, 1876

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Lisière de la forêt de Fontainebleau..., 1885

Alfred Sisley

Lisière de la forêt de Fontainebleau..., 1885

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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La berge à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Alfred Sisley

La berge à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Dans les vignes à Louveciennes, 1874

Alfred Sisley

Dans les vignes à Louveciennes, 1874

Sale Date: November 9, 1995

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Vue d'un village (Saint-MammSs) au bord de..., 1892

Alfred Sisley

Vue d'un village (Saint-MammSs) au bord de..., 1892

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Bords de la rivière - les oies, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de la rivière - les oies, 1897

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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L'allée des peupliers au bord du Loing, 1892

Alfred Sisley

L'allée des peupliers au bord du Loing, 1892

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Bords du Loing, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing, 1885

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Effet de neige à Argenteuil, 1874

Alfred Sisley

Effet de neige à Argenteuil, 1874

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Le pont de Moret, 1892

Alfred Sisley

Le pont de Moret, 1892

Sale Date: November 8, 1995

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Coucher de soleil à Moret, 1892

Alfred Sisley

Coucher de soleil à Moret, 1892

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Sur les falaises- la Baie de Langland- Pays..., 1897

Alfred Sisley

Sur les falaises- la Baie de Langland- Pays..., 1897

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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La Seine, vue du quai au point du jour, 1878

Alfred Sisley

La Seine, vue du quai au point du jour, 1878

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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Saint-MammSs, les bords du Loing, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Saint-MammSs, les bords du Loing, 1884

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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Les moulins de Moret, au lever du soleil, 1889

Alfred Sisley

Les moulins de Moret, au lever du soleil, 1889

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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L'automne, bords du Loing, 1880

Alfred Sisley

L'automne, bords du Loing, 1880

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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Bords de rivière (les oies), 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de rivière (les oies), 1897

Sale Date: May 12, 1995

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Le pont de Moret en été, 1888

Alfred Sisley

Le pont de Moret en été, 1888

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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Saint-MammSs, la Croix-Blanche, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Saint-MammSs, la Croix-Blanche, 1884

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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Alfred Sisley

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Sale Date: April 16, 1995

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Les bords du Loing à Moiret, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Les bords du Loing à Moiret, 1884

Sale Date: December 11, 1994

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