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 News

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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Law & Politics

The Decades-Long Dispute Over Millions of Dollars in Art Owned by Filipino Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Is Going to Trial

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Alfred Sisley Artworks

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Alfred Sisley (876 results)
Bords de la rivière - les oies, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de la rivière - les oies, 1897

Sale Date: November 11, 1994

Auction Closed

Le talus du chemin de fer a Sevres, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Le talus du chemin de fer a Sevres, 1879

Sale Date: November 10, 1994

Auction Closed

Le chemin dans la campagne, 1876

Alfred Sisley

Le chemin dans la campagne, 1876

Sale Date: November 10, 1994

Auction Closed

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

Alfred Sisley

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

Sale Date: November 10, 1994

Auction Closed

La station de Sevres, 1879

Alfred Sisley

La station de Sevres, 1879

Sale Date: November 9, 1994

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Un homme au bord de la Riviere

After Alfred Sisley

Un homme au bord de la Riviere

Sale Date: June 29, 1994

Auction Closed

VUE D'UN VILLAGE AU BORD D'UNE RIVIERE, 1888–1892

Alfred Sisley

VUE D'UN VILLAGE AU BORD D'UNE RIVIERE, 1888–1892

Sale Date: June 29, 1994

Auction Closed

LES BORDS DU LOING, 1892

Alfred Sisley

LES BORDS DU LOING, 1892

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

Auction Closed

LA ROUTE, EFFET DE NEIGE (MARLY-LE-ROI), 1876

Alfred Sisley

LA ROUTE, EFFET DE NEIGE (MARLY-LE-ROI), 1876

Sale Date: June 27, 1994

Auction Closed

Bords de Rivière- Les Oies, 1897

Alfred Sisley

Bords de Rivière- Les Oies, 1897

Sale Date: June 24, 1994

Auction Closed

COTE ROCHEUSE DE LADY-SCOVE, LAUGLAUD BAY, 1897

Alfred Sisley

COTE ROCHEUSE DE LADY-SCOVE, LAUGLAUD BAY, 1897

Sale Date: June 23, 1994

Auction Closed

BOUGIVAL, 1878

Alfred Sisley

BOUGIVAL, 1878

Sale Date: May 11, 1994

Auction Closed

Un Coin du Bois des Roches-Courtaut, Juin, 1884

Alfred Sisley

Un Coin du Bois des Roches-Courtaut, Juin, 1884

Sale Date: May 11, 1994

Auction Closed

BORDS DE SEINE - BOUGIVAL, 1876

Alfred Sisley

BORDS DE SEINE - BOUGIVAL, 1876

Sale Date: May 10, 1994

Auction Closed

SAINT-MAMMES ET LES BORDS DU LOING, 1885

Alfred Sisley

SAINT-MAMMES ET LES BORDS DU LOING, 1885

Sale Date: May 10, 1994

Auction Closed

MORET, VUE DU LOING, APRES-MIDI DE MAI, 1888

Alfred Sisley

MORET, VUE DU LOING, APRES-MIDI DE MAI, 1888

Sale Date: May 10, 1994

Auction Closed

Le Chantier . Matrat-Moret, 1888

Alfred Sisley

Le Chantier . Matrat-Moret, 1888

Sale Date: December 4, 1993

Auction Closed

LA FALAISE A PENARTH, LE SOIR, MAREE BASSE, 1897

Alfred Sisley

LA FALAISE A PENARTH, LE SOIR, MAREE BASSE, 1897

Sale Date: December 1, 1993

Auction Closed

Bords de Seine, 1879

Alfred Sisley

Bords de Seine, 1879

Sale Date: November 30, 1993

Auction Closed

La Manufacture de Sèvres, 1879

Alfred Sisley

La Manufacture de Sèvres, 1879

Sale Date: November 30, 1993

Auction Closed

BORDS DE RIVIERE OU LES OIES, 1897

Alfred Sisley

BORDS DE RIVIERE OU LES OIES, 1897

Sale Date: November 5, 1993

Auction Closed

JARDIN POTAGER A LOUVECIENNES, 1873

Alfred Sisley

JARDIN POTAGER A LOUVECIENNES, 1873

Sale Date: November 4, 1993

Auction Closed

LE LOING AU DESSOUS DU PONT DE MORET, 1892

Alfred Sisley

LE LOING AU DESSOUS DU PONT DE MORET, 1892

Sale Date: November 3, 1993

Auction Closed

LES BORDS DU LOING A MORET, LE MATIN, 1888

Alfred Sisley

LES BORDS DU LOING A MORET, LE MATIN, 1888

Sale Date: November 3, 1993

Auction Closed

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