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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Renoir and Sisley Paintings Returned to Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer

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Renoir and Sisley Paintings Returned to Heirs of Jewish Art Dealer
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Alfred Sisley (876 results)
La Plaine de Veneux-Nadon, vue des Sablons, 1884

Alfred Sisley

La Plaine de Veneux-Nadon, vue des Sablons, 1884

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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Un Chemin à Louveciennes, 1876

Alfred Sisley

Un Chemin à Louveciennes, 1876

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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Le pont du chemin de fer, 1880

Alfred Sisley

Le pont du chemin de fer, 1880

Sale Date: May 14, 2022

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Femme et enfant sur le chemin des près, Sèvres, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Femme et enfant sur le chemin des près, Sèvres, 1879

Sale Date: May 14, 2022

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La Seine à Saint-Mammès, 1886–1890

Alfred Sisley

La Seine à Saint-Mammès, 1886–1890

Sale Date: May 10, 2022

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Le pont de Moret-sur-Loing, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Le pont de Moret-sur-Loing, 1890

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Le Barrage du canal du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Le Barrage du canal du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Tournant du Loing, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Tournant du Loing, 1897

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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La Seine au Pont de Sèvres, Billancourt, 1877

Alfred Sisley

La Seine au Pont de Sèvres, Billancourt, 1877

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Le barrage, canal du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Le barrage, canal du Loing à Saint-Mammès, 1884

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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Hiver à Marly, effet de neige, 1876

Alfred Sisley

Hiver à Marly, effet de neige, 1876

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Bords du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

Alfred Sisley

Bords du Loing, effet du matin, 1896

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Route de Fontainebleau, 1899

Alfred Sisley

Route de Fontainebleau, 1899

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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La rue à Moret, 1888

Alfred Sisley

La rue à Moret, 1888

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Vue de village, 1885

Alfred Sisley

Vue de village, 1885

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Pont de Jardin a Moret

Circle of Alfred Sisley

Pont de Jardin a Moret

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Jour de brouillard sur la Seine,..., 1880

Alfred Sisley

Jour de brouillard sur la Seine,..., 1880

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Les moulins de Moret–Hiver, 1890

Alfred Sisley

Les moulins de Moret–Hiver, 1890

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Pierre Sisley lisant, 1880

Alfred Sisley

Pierre Sisley lisant, 1880

Sale Date: November 10, 2021

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La Seine à Argenteuil, 1872

Alfred Sisley

La Seine à Argenteuil, 1872

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Bords de rivière, ou Les oies - 1897, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de rivière, ou Les oies - 1897, 1897

Sale Date: October 12, 2021

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Alfred Sisley

"Eglise de Saint-Mammès", 1885–1886

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Chantier à Saint-Mammès, 1880

Alfred Sisley

Chantier à Saint-Mammès, 1880

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Bord du Loing

Alfred Sisley

Bord du Loing

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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