Alfred Sisley
1839-1899 · British · Impressionism
Auction record: $9.06M
Effet de neige à Louveciennes, 1874 · Sotheby's, London · Mar 1, 2017
Source: sothebys.com
Biography
Alfred Sisley was born in Paris to British parents and kept British nationality all his life, although he lived and worked in France. A fellow student of Monet, Renoir and Bazille, he exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 and remained the most consistently landscape focused member of the group, painting rivers, bridges, floods and snow around Louveciennes, Marly and Moret-sur-Loing. He struggled financially and won wide recognition only after his death. For the market, Sisley is a classic entry point to museum quality Impressionism: oils regularly sell between a few hundred thousand and a few million dollars, and his record, a Louveciennes snow scene, made 9.06 million dollars in 2017.
Recent auction results
| Le pont de Moret-sur-Loing en été (1888)Christie's, London | $2.59M | Oct 15, 2025 | heni.com |
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| Le Pont de Sèvres en fin de journée, au fond l'église de Saint-Cloud (1877)Sotheby's, London | $656K | Jun 24, 2025 | heni.com |
| La Seine à Suresnes (1879)Christie's, New York | $945K | May 13, 2025 | heni.com |
| Deux personnages à la lisière d'un bois, Veneux-Nadon (1887)Christie's, New York | $353K | May 13, 2025 | heni.com |
| Le quai à sable, environs de Port-Marly (1875)Christie's, London | $976K | Mar 7, 2025 | heni.com |
Market
- Liquidity: Medium
Museums
- Musée d'Orsay, Parigi
- National Gallery, Londra
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
Sources
- Sotheby's, Alfred Sisley
- HENI News, Le pont de Moret-sur-Loing en été
- HENI News, Christie's London day sale March 2025
- HENI News, La Seine à Suresnes
- HENI News, Le Pont de Sèvres
- HENI News, Deux personnages
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