Like other many fellow Impressionists, for the rest of his life Alfred
and his family would live in poverty. His paintings were fully
appreciated and, thus, gained monetary value only after his death.
Sisley
had to make ends meet and could not afford to live in Paris anymore. He
moved his family to a small village, close to the forest of
Fontainebleu. Alfred was less experimental, than other Impressionists
and worked on a smaller scale than Monet. He preferred to the drama of
the rampaging ocean gentle landscapes with their constantly changing
atmosphere. Yet, his work ideally fit any book about Impressionists
because his paintings strongly invoke atmosphere and his skies are
always impressive. His concentration on landscapes explains why,
specialists consider him most consistent of all his fellows painters.
In
1899 Alefred died. It happened within several months after his wife's
death - he did not even reach his 60 anniversary. His works are spread
now all over the world - one can see them in Chicago as well as in
Paris and Nice. Speaking of Nice, one of his best paintings was stolen
three times from the museum in this city. Twice it was recovered by it
vanished after the third theft took place in August 2007.
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