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An impressionist landscape painter early influenced by the Barbizon
School, Alfred Sisley was born in Paris to English parents. The
father was a successful business person whose company traded with
American southern states. His parents sent him to London to train
for business, but disliking that pursuit, Sisley, in 1862, returned to
Paris and, with his family's support, enrolled at the Académie
Gleyre. There he met future impressionists Jean Renoir, Camille
Pizarro, and (showing 500 of 6305 characters). |
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