A Corner of Moret-sur-Loing
Alfred Sisley
1895
Medium
Pastel, with stumping, on gray wove paper with blue fibers (discolored to tan)
Dimensions
33.7 × 42.6 cm (13 5/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
pastel
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
94399
About the Artist
Alfred Sisley · 1839–1899
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was a British-born French Impressionist landscape painter who remained the most consistently devoted to pure Impressionist principles throughout his career. Born in Paris to prosperous English parents, he studied at the atelier of Charles Gleyre alongside Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Frédéric Bazille, forming friendships that placed him at the heart of the eme...