Born in Paris of English parentage, Sisley studied in Gleyre's studio at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he met Monet, Renoir and Bazille.

Devoted to the Corot tradition, Sisley was exclusively a landscape painter, and was wretchedly poor.  Monet and Renoir attended his funeral.

Hoschede Gardens 1881
Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899, French
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
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