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Alfred Sisley
Impressionist landscape painter <anchor>Alfred Sisley</anchor> was fully committed to the impressionist movement consistently painting en plein air. Some of his most important works are a series of paintings of the River Thames, mostly around Hampton Court.
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[Page header image: Alfred Sisley, The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne](/asset/the-bridge-at-villeneuve-la-garenne-alfred-sisley/6AEoMBEEGYcIRA)

# Alfred Sisley

## Oct 30, 1839 - Jan 29, 1899

Alfred Sisley was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to painting landscape en plein air. He deviated into figure painting only rarely and, unlike Renoir and Pissarro, found that Impressionism fulfilled his artistic needs.

Among his important works are a series of paintings of the River Thames, mostly around Hampton Court, executed in 1874, and landscapes depicting places in or near Moret-sur-Loing. The notable paintings of the Seine and its bridges in the former suburbs of Paris are like many of his landscapes, characterised by tranquillity, in pale shades of green, pink, purple, dusty blue and cream. Over the years Sisley's power of expression and colour intensity increased.

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[Online Exhibit **Artist highlights**  **Slideshow auto-selected from multiple collections**](/story/9gWxlR3tOBI1Lg "Artist highlights")

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[The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring](/asset/the-terrace-at-saint-germain-spring/9gGrsfA8sqeakQ "The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring")

[The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne](/asset/the-bridge-at-villeneuve-la-garenne-alfred-sisley/6AEoMBEEGYcIRA "The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne")

[June Morning in Saint-Mammès](/asset/june-morning-in-saint-mammès-alfred-sisley/wgEU6hw2LyqX6Q "June Morning in Saint-Mammès")

[The Lock of Saint-Mammès (L'ecluse de Saint-Mammès)](/asset/the-lock-of-saint-mammès-l-ecluse-de-saint-mammès-alfred-sisley/SQETGu-_8u_tgw "The Lock of Saint-Mammès (L'ecluse de Saint-Mammès)")

[The Loing's Canal](/asset/the-loing-s-canal/_wHHv1ikAghaiw "The Loing's Canal")

[Snow Effect in Louveciennes](/asset/snow-effect-in-louveciennes-alfred-sisley/pAHqJlJBu7pc_A "Snow Effect in Louveciennes")

[Le Pont de Moret, effet d’orage](/asset/le-pont-de-moret-effet-d’orage-alfred-sisley/hAH8DtHacv61Yw "Le Pont de Moret, effet d’orage")

[The Stone Quarries at Veneux in the Sun, Morning](/asset/the-stone-quarries-at-veneux-in-the-sun-morning-alfred-sisley/JgHZocBQvj1chA "The Stone Quarries at Veneux in the Sun, Morning")

[Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil](/asset/boulevard-héloïse-argenteuil-alfred-sisley/kwGfcvAhtsARdw "Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil")

[The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring](/asset/the-terrace-at-saint-germain-spring-alfred-sisley/HgFhYlp_NqtW7A "The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring")

[Snow at Louveciennes](/asset/snow-at-louveciennes-alfred-sisley/4gFhg7f2shCzGA "Snow at Louveciennes")

[Landscape at Louveciennes](/asset/landscape-at-louveciennes/9gESNNPD-k7mLg "Landscape at Louveciennes")

[Un sentier aux Sablons [A path at Les Sablons]](/asset/un-sentier-aux-sablons-a-path-at-les-sablons-alfred-sisley/4AEs9yO8JlsLhw "Un sentier aux Sablons [A path at Les Sablons]")

[Meadow](/asset/meadow-alfred-sisley/ewGIEqrmIKx92A "Meadow")

[Molesey Weir, Hampton Court](/asset/molesey-weir-hampton-court-alfred-sisley/1AHPRPadPs05WQ "Molesey Weir, Hampton Court")

[Women Going to the Woods](/asset/women-going-to-the-woods-alfred-sisley/6AE3G39FY240OQ "Women Going to the Woods")

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### Snow at Louveciennes (1878)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ Snow at Louveciennes - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23940226)

### The Bridge at Moret (1893)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ The Bridge at Moret - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17493189)

### The Seine at Bougival (1876)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ The Seine at Bougival - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3212765)

### Footbridge at Argenteuil (1872)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ Passerelle d'Argenteuil - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2381965)

### Flood at Port-Marly (1876)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ Q105444114 - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105444114)

### Allée of Chestnut Trees

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ Allée of Chestnut Trees - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20182109)

### Street in Moret

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ Street in Moret - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20260915)

### A Forest Clearing

#### [www.museothyssen.org\ \ A Forest Clearing - Sisley, Alfred. Museo Nacional Thyssen ...](https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/sisley-alfred/forest-clearing)

### A Village Street in Winter (1893)

#### [www.wikiart.org\ \ A Village Street in Winter, 1893 - Alfred Sisley - WikiArt.org](https://www.wikiart.org/en/alfred-sisley/a-village-street-in-winter-1893)

### The Flood at Port-Marly (1876)

#### [www.wikidata.org\ \ L'Inondation à Port-Marly - Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3204212)

## “The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.”

Alfred Sisley

Oct 30, 1839 - Jan 29, 1899

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