Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley (October 30, 1839 – January
29, 1899) was a French impressionist landscape painter.
Sisley was born in Paris to British parents, William
Sisley and Felicia Sell.
In the early 1860s studied in the atelier of Marc-Charles-Gabriel
Gleyre, where he became acquainted with Frederic Bazille, Claude
Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Unlike some of his fellow students
who suffered financial hardships, Sisley received an allowance from
his father.
Sisley's student works are lost. His earliest known
work, Lane near a Small Town is believed to have been painted around
1864.
In the late 1860s, he entered into a relationship
with Eugenie Lescouezec, with whom he had two children. This relationship
continued for over 30 years, ending with her death a few months
before Sisley's death in 1899.
Sisley died in Moret-sur-Loing at the age of 59
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