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Alfred Sisley, after
French, 1839 - 1899
Les Oies, 19th century
Color lithograph
29.4 x 40.3 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.29128

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Artist Biography: Sisley was born in Dunkirk to parents of Anglo-French descent. His father worked in the silk business and as an exporter of artificial flowers. From 1857 to 1861, Sisley lived in London and trained for a career in business. A growing interest in art, however, led him to return to Paris in 1862 and enter the studio of Charles Gleyre, where he met Monet, Renoir, and Frederic Bazille with whom he painted in the Forest of Fontainebleau under the influence of Corot and Daubigny. Together they formed the vanguard of the impressionist movement. Sisley exhibited at the Salons of 1866, 1868, and 1870, and at the impressionist exhibitions of 1874, 1876, 1877, and 1882. The Franco-Prussian War brought financial ruin to Sisley's father and left the artist with no means of support, although about 1872 Durand-Ruel began to handle his work. One-person exhibitions were organized by Durand-Ruel in Paris in 1883 and New York in 1889, but sales remained scarce. During the 1870s and early 1880s, Sisley lived and worked in various locations in Paris, the Seine valley, and England as well. In 1882 he moved to M'oret-sur-Loing, then to Sablons in 1883, and finally back to Moret-sur-Loing in 1889. Plagued by ill health in his later years, Sisley died in 1899 after a long battle with cancer.