Alfred SisleyFrench, 1840–1899Paisaje
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Paisaje” now? Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- P004644
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Museo del Prado — Alfred Sisley · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Alfred Sisley
The whole life30 October 1839
Born
c. 1861 – 1862
Back in Paris: he chooses painting
Having shown no aptitude for business, Sisley returned from London to Paris and chose painting over the family trade.
1870–1871
The war ruins his father: family support ends
The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War had a calamitous effect on William Sisley's trading business, and the remittances Sisley had lived on came to an abrupt end; his relatives also shunned him because of Eugénie's humble and unmarried status. His finances remained precarious for the rest of his life, dependent on patrons, friends and the sale of his work.
8 October 1898
Death of his wife Eugénie
Eugénie Sisley died on 8 October 1898 and was buried in Moret cemetery the following day. Sisley, by then succumbing to throat cancer, was unable to attend the funeral.
29 January 1899
Circumstances of his death: poverty and throat cancer
Sisley died at Moret-sur-Loing, near Fontainebleau, in poverty and obscurity, of rheumatism and throat cancer, only a few months after his wife.
29 January 1899
Died
