Transient effects of sunlight

Working on art and literature research for my web analytics company helped me define which artists I choose to put on a pedestal. What can I say, my favorite painters were always Impressionists. I find it so sad, that most of them did not witness their success as artists and went through a lot of heartache and suffering during their lifetime. I'd rather tell you a story about a quiet painter who was considered to be an "ideal Impressionist".

French Impressionist of English origin Alfred Sisley lived his entire life in France, apart from a brief period that he spent in London. He was born in Paris in 1839 and in the early 1860s got acquainted with Impressionists Bazille, Monet and Renoir. They worked together trying to capture the transient effects of sunlight. The result was astonishing: their paintings were more broadly painted and more colorful than audience was accustomed to seeing at the time.

Sisley was luckier than many of his Impressionist friends because he had opportunities to exhibit his works several times and, of course, that he had not have to think of money. He was supported by his father and received his allowance quite regularly. But soon this material support all vanished. In 1870 his parents hit the hard times and his father's business failed. At that time Alfred was already happily married to Eugenie Lesouezec and had two children. And his only means of support became the sale of his works.

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