Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899)
Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to painting landscape en plein air (i.e., outdoors). He deviated into figure painting only rarely and, unlike Renoir and Pissarro, found that Impressionism fulfilled his artistic needs.
Among his important works are a series of paintings of the River Thames, mostly around Hampton Court, executed in 1874, and landscapes depicting places in or near Moret-sur-Loing. The notable paintings of the Seine and its bridges in the former suburbs of Paris are like many of his landscapes, characterised by tranquillity, in pale shades of green, pink, purple, dusty blue and cream. Over the years Sisley's power of expression and colour intensity increased.
| Date and place of birt: | 30 october 1839, Paris, France |
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| Date and place of death: | 29 january 1899, Moret-sur-Loing, France |
| Nationality: | France |
| Period of activity: | XIX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter |
| Art school / group: | Salon des artistes français |
| Genre: | Landscape painting |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
