Though often overshadowed by Monet and Pissarro during his lifetime, Sisley produced masterful snow scenes conveying crystalline air and floods communicating nature's fugitive drama through expert handling of color.
Alfred Sisley stands among the great landscape painters of the 19th century for his dedication to translating the fluidity of nature and the ever-shifting qualities of light through loose brushwork applied en plein air. Unlike contemporaries, Sisley focused his full energy on landscape painting rather than dividing efforts between figures, portraits or still lifes. Though often overshadowed by Monet and Pissarro during his lifetime, Sisley produced masterful snow scenes conveying crystalline air and floods communicating nature's fugitive drama through expert handling of color. Preferring to paint lesser-known spots on the fringes of Paris rather than renowned locales, Sisley found profound beauty and consequence in humble subjects. Financial struggles plagued Sisley until his death, but recent revivals of interest have solidified his reputation as one of Impressionism's purest interpreters of nature and landscape's potency.