Alfred Sisley
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Alfred Sisley (October 30, 1839 – January 29, 1899) was a French impressionist landscape painter.
Sisley was born in Paris to British parents, William Sisley and Felicia Sell.
In the early 1860s studied in the atelier of Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre, where he became acquainted with Frederic Bazille, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Unlike some of his fellow students who suffered financial hardships, Sisley received an allowance from his father.
Sisley's student works are lost. His earliest known work, Lane near a Small Town is believed to have been painted around 1864.
In the late 1860s, he entered into a relationship with Eugenie Lescouezec, with whom he had two children. This relationship continued for over 30 years, ending with her death a few months before Sisley's death in 1899.
Sisley was in London with Monet in 1871 where they discovered the paintings of J. M. W. Turner and probably John Constable. Although Sisley was no theorist, these discoveries had an influence on his development into an Impressionist painter.
Probably the least rated of the Impressionists, Sisley was a very talented painter of landscape involking atmosphere, his skies are always very impressive and he tends to use more of the canvas for sky than is usual.
Sisley died in Moret-sur-Loing at the age of 59.
Well-known works
Among Sisley's best known works are Street in Moret and Sand Heaps, both owned by the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing shown at Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Selected works
- Lane near a Small Town (c. 1864)
- Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud (1865)
- Village Street in Marlotte (1866)
- Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud (1867)
- Still Life with Heron (1867)
- View of Montmartre from the cite des Fleurs (1869)
- Early Snow at Louveciennes (c. 1871-1872)
- Boulevard Heloise, Argenteuil (1872)
- Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1872)
- Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge - Flood (1872)
- Footbridge at Argenteuil (1872)
- La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil (c. 1872)
- Square in Argenteuil (Rue de la Chaussee) (1872)
- Chemin de la Machine Louveciennes (1873)
- Factory in the Flood, Bougival (1873)
- Rue de la Princesse, Louveciennes (1873)
- Sentier de la Mi-cote, Louveciennes.jpg (1873)
- Among the Vines Louveciennes (1874)
- Bridge at Hampton Court (1874)
- The Lesson (1874)
- Molesey Weir - Morning (1874)
- Regatta at Hampton Court (1874)
- Regattas at Molessey (1874)
- Snow on the Road Louveciennes (1874)
- Under the Bridge at Hampton Court (1874)
- Street in Louveciennes (Rue de la Princesse) (1875)
- Small Meadows in Spring (c. 1881)
