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[[Image:Renoir Portrait of Alfred Sisley..jpg|90px|left|Renoir Portrait of Alfred Sisley]] | [[Image:Renoir Portrait of Alfred Sisley..jpg|90px|left|Renoir Portrait of Alfred Sisley]] | ||
[[Image:Renoir Alfred Sisley and his wife.jpg|180px|right|Alfred Sisley and his wife ''by Renoir'']] | [[Image:Renoir Alfred Sisley and his wife.jpg|180px|right|Alfred Sisley and his wife ''by Renoir'']] | ||
| − | '''Alfred Sisley''' (Paris 1839 - Moret-sur-Loing 1899), [[British]] [[painter]]. | + | '''Alfred Sisley''' (Paris 1839 - Moret-sur-Loing 1899), [[British]] [[painter]]. While living in Paris, he met [[Claude Monet|Monet]], [[Renoir]] and [[Jean-Frédéric Bazille]]. Sisley was one of the creators of French Impressionism. |
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 [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] landscapes. <ref> [http://www.impressionniste.net/sisley_alfred.htm Alfred Sisley] </ref> | + | 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> | ||
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| + | == Gallery == | ||
| + | [[File:Alfred Sisley Thames at Hampton Court 1874.jpg|thumb|300px|"Thames at Hampton Court"]] | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Sisley La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil.jpg|"La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil" | Image:Sisley La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil.jpg|"La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil" | ||
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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 | ||
| − | [[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. |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | [[File:Renoir Alfred Sisley.jpg|thumb|Alfred Sisley by [[Renoir]].]] | ||
*[[Painting Masterpieces]] | *[[Painting Masterpieces]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:36, July 12, 2016
Alfred Sisley (Paris 1839 - Moret-sur-Loing 1899), British painter. While living in Paris, he met Monet, Renoir and Jean-Frédéric Bazille. Sisley was one of the creators of French Impressionism.
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 Camille Corot, and with Claude Monet, best sought and succeeded in expressing the most subtle nuances of nature in Impressionist landscapes.[1] He exhibited with the Impressionist group in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1882.
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.[2]
Gallery
"La Grande-Rue, Argenteuil"
"Foggy Morning, Voisins"
"Rue de la Princesse, Louveciennes"
"Snow on the Road, Louveciennes"
"The Canal du Loing at St. Mammes"
"Barges in Billancourt"
"Bristol Channel from Penarth, Evening"
"Langland Bay, Storr's Rock - Morning"
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.
See also
