Alfred Sisley was French impressionist landscape painter; born in Paris to English parents. He was a founding member of the Impressionist group. In his early education years he took the opportunity to study the works of John Constable and William Turner. His father supported him and decided to send him to the Eacute;cole des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Charles-Gabriel Gleyre. Fellow students of Gleyre included Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Claude Monet and Freacute;deacute;ric Bazille. Their friendship was to revolutionize painting and radically change the history of art. Influenced by his friends Renoir and Monet in his selection of colours; Sisley was less daring than Monet in his use of the "rainbow palette" and closer to the Barbizon School tradition. He never move away from figure painting and; unlike Renoir and Pissarro; never found that Impressionism did not fulfill his artistic needs.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great photo historyBy Carol JulmeInteresting photo history of Hannibal. I grew up in Hannibal and it brought back a lot of wonderful memories and had photos I had never seen.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very GoodBy KenHaving lived in Hannibal for a number of years; it was excellent to see the photos and bring back many old memories. It is also sad to see a city once full of life slowly decaying into the dust of time. Many of the buildings with history are now gone. The book is an excellent collection of historic photos.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The way it was.By PATHA wonderful look back at how the town used to be. The reader can visiualize the streets as they are now then look at the pictures and see how they were. I am not sure we have moved forward. We have lost so much; beautiful architecture ie: fountains and buildings and of course the wonderful feeling of community that was taken for granted in the olden days.
