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| | Sisley did not live to see his talent recognized, however, a year after his death, his painting "[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Sisley_Flood_at_Port-Marly..jpg Flood at Port-Marly]" (Orsay Museum - Paris) reached a high bidding. | | Sisley did not live to see his talent recognized, however, a year after his death, his painting "[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Sisley_Flood_at_Port-Marly..jpg Flood at Port-Marly]" (Orsay Museum - Paris) reached a high bidding. |
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| − | Sisley was exclusively a [[landscape]] painter, who, in the line of [[Camille Corot]], and with Claude Monet, best sought and succeeded in expressing the most subtle nuances of nature in [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] landscapes. <ref> [http://www.impressionniste.net/sisley_alfred.htm Alfred Sisley] </ref> He exhibited with the Impressionist group in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1882. | + | Sisley was exclusively a [[landscape]] painter, who, in the line of [[Camille Corot]], and with Claude Monet, best sought and succeeded in expressing the most subtle nuances of nature in [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] landscapes.<ref>[http://www.impressionniste.net/sisley_alfred.htm Alfred Sisley]</ref> He exhibited with the Impressionist group in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1882. |
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| − | In 1868, Alfred Sisley's landscape "Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle Saint-Cloud (Southampton)" was shown at the prestigious Salon art exhibition at Paris. <ref> [http://www.biography.com/people/alfred-sisley-9485226 Alfred Sisley - biography.] </ref> | + | In 1868, Alfred Sisley's landscape "Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle Saint-Cloud (Southampton)" was shown at the prestigious Salon art exhibition at Paris.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/alfred-sisley-9485226 Alfred Sisley - biography.]</ref> |
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| | The flood of 1876 at Port-Marly, France, became the subject of a large series of his landscapes | | The flood of 1876 at Port-Marly, France, became the subject of a large series of his landscapes |
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| − | [[Image:Sisley Flood at Port-Marly..jpg|200px|Flood at Port-Marly ]] | + | [[Image:Sisley Flood at Port-Marly..jpg|200px|Flood at Port-Marly]] |
| − | [[Image:Sisley Flood at Port-Marly 2.jpg|200px|Boat in the Flood at Port-Marly ]] He painted 7 [[canvas]] on this event. | + | [[Image:Sisley Flood at Port-Marly 2.jpg|200px|Boat in the Flood at Port-Marly]] He painted 7 [[canvas]] on this event. |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |
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| | [[Category:French Painters]] | | [[Category:French Painters]] |