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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. | ||
| − | Sisley was exclusively a landscape painter, who, in the line of Corot, and with Claude Monet, best sought and succeeded in expressing the most subtle nuances of nature in Impressionist landscapes. <ref> [http://www.impressionniste.net/sisley_alfred.htm Alfred Sisley] </ref> | + | Sisley was exclusively a landscape painter, who, in the line of 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> |
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Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), British painter. In Paris he met Monet, Renoir and Bazille.
Sisley did not live to see his talent recognized, however, a year after his death, his painting "Flood at Port-Marly" (Orsay Museum - Paris) reached a high bidding.
Sisley was exclusively a landscape painter, who, in the line of Corot, and with Claude Monet, best sought and succeeded in expressing the most subtle nuances of nature in Impressionist landscapes. [1]
Gallery
"La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil"
"Foggy Morning, Voisins"
Flood at Port-Marly
The flood of 1876 at Port-Marly, France, became the subject of a large series of his landscapes
He painted 7 canvas on this event.