The Life and Works of Sisley

by Janice Anderson

The Life and Works of Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899 Contains 50 paintings faithfully reproduced in full colour. A fascinating study by Janice Anderson of the painter often referred to as the 'English Impressionist'

Genres: Art

79 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

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[AC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/alfre...), born and raised in Paris, but of English parentage (hence, called 'the English Impressionist'), was a magnificent painter who was but little appreciated during his lifetime, and who therefore suffered on the edge of poverty (with his wife and two children) after his father's bankruptcy during the Franco-Prussian war. Yet for all that, Sisley never gave up painting. He was a close friend of Monet, and was one of Durand-Ruell's painters.

This little book (picked up very cheaply in a library bin), though in small format, presents some 30-40 nicely colored prints, with short and sensitive accompanying descriptions.

The three pictures I'll use to illustrate his work all come from the middle of his career.


Floods at Port-Marley, 1876
oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France




Village by the Seine (1876)
oil on canvas, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia




Tug Boat on the Loing at Saint-Mammès, 1877
oil on canvas, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France