Alfred Sisley - 275+ Impressionist Paintings - Impressionism
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ALFRED SISLEY Art book contains 275+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Seascapes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book contains Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).Born: October 30, 1839, Paris, France.Died: January 29, 1899, Moret-sur-Loing, France.Movement: ImpressionismInteresting Facts:§ Sisley preferred to paint ‘en plein air’ (in the open air) rather than in the studio.§ His painting series of the Upper Thames near Molesey has been described as “a perfect moment of Impressionism.”§ Sisley was friends with Claude Monet, Pierre Renoir and Frederic Bazille. They would often paint together outdoors.§ He suffered from throat cancer late in life.§ Sisley painted over 900 canvases in his lifetime.Notable Works:Street in Moret, The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing, Sand Heaps.
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I'm a professional painter and can recommend this book to anyone interested in outdoor painting. Valuable lessons for the amateur as well as the professional painter. I still study his work even though I've been painting for 50 years.Albert