Alfred Sisley

Alfred Sisley was an English Impressionist landscape painter who was born
and spent most of his life in France. Sisley is recognized as perhaps the
most consistent of the Impressionists, never deviating into figure
paintingor finding that the movement did not fulfill his artistic needs.

Alfred Sisley was born on the 30 October 1839, in Paris, France to English
parents William Sisley and Felicia Sell. William Sisley was a merchant who traded with the southern states of America.

Between 1857 and 1861 Alfred was sent to London for a career in business.

In 1862 Alfred Sisley decided to become a painter and his family supported
him by sending him to Gleyre's studio where he met Bazille, Monet and
Renoir. The three of them often worked together in the open air in the
Forest of Fontainbleau, at Chailly.

Alfred Sisley produced almost 900 oil paintings during his lifetime, almost
all were landscapes.

Alfred Sisley was inspired by the works of English landscape painters such
as Bonnington, Constable and Turner to name a few.

Alfred Sisley's earliest works were lost and his style at that time was
influenced by Courbet and Daubigny. When he first exhibited at the Salon in
1867 it was as the pupil of Corot.

Sisley's best known works are "Street in Moret" and "Sand Heaps" and "The
Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing".

Alfred Sisley received recognition for his works towards the end of his
life.

Alfred Sisley died on January 29, 1899 of throat cancer in Moret-sur-Loing,
at the age of 59.