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  • Painter
· French · 1839–1899

Alfred Sisley

Landscape painter of the suburban Seine — one of the four who met in Gleyre's studio in 1862, and among the steadiest exhibitors of the independent shows.

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Lived
1839–1899
Born
1839
Died
1899
Nationality
French
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Painter

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Illustrated portrait of Claude Monet

Claude Monet

  • Painter

Met · 1862

They met in Charles Gleyre's studio in 1862, alongside Renoir and Bazille — the Orsay's account of the movement's student generation.

— Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870): The Youth of Impressionism — Musée d'Orsay

Illustrated portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  • Painter
  • Sculptor

Met · 1862

Fellow students in Charles Gleyre's studio from 1861–62, where Renoir also met Monet and Bazille; the four painted together in the forest of Fontainebleau before any of them had a name for what they were doing.

— Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) — National Gallery, London

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An orange sun over a hazy blue-grey harbor, small boats in the foreground, painted in loose broken strokes

Art movement · 1874–1886

Impressionism

Among the painters of the independent exhibitions from the Gleyre-studio generation; the Met counts him through the shifting roster of the eight shows.

— Impressionism: Art and Modernity — The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870): The Youth of Impressionism — Musée d'Orsay

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Impressionism

Among the painters of the independent exhibitions from the Gleyre-studio generation; the Met counts him through the shifting roster of the eight shows.

— Impressionism: Art and Modernity — The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870): The Youth of Impressionism — Musée d'Orsay

Met · 1862

Claude Monet

They met in Charles Gleyre's studio in 1862, alongside Renoir and Bazille — the Orsay's account of the movement's student generation.

— Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870): The Youth of Impressionism — Musée d'Orsay

Met · 1862

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Fellow students in Charles Gleyre's studio from 1861–62, where Renoir also met Monet and Bazille; the four painted together in the forest of Fontainebleau before any of them had a name for what they were doing.

— Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) — National Gallery, London