Alfred Sisley

Alfred Sisley was an Impressionist painter born in Paris in 1839. His British parents sent him to London to study business, but he left after four years to pursue art. He returned to Paris in 1862 to enroll in the École des Beaux-Arts, but was expelled for lack of progress. Sisley began painting en plein air with fellow Impressionists Monet and Renoir, depicting the French countryside with a delicate touch and a keen sense of light and color. He often focused on landscapes and views of the Seine River, producing some of his most famous works during the 1870s and 1880s. Despite his contributions to the Impressionist movement, Sisley struggled financially and was relatively unknown during his lifetime. He died in 1899, leaving behind a legacy of delicate, atmospheric paintings that capture the beauty of the French countryside.