Alfred Sisley and Frederick Delius

Sir Thomas Beecham, the greatest exponent of Delius music, recognized a distinct affinity between the painter Alfred Sisley and the composer Frederick Delius. Alfred Sisley was both Delius near neighbour in France and his fellow countryman, Sisley had taken up residence near to GrezsurLoing in the old walled town of Moret. Both were of English origin and the sons of welltodo industrialists. Both had turned away from commerce in favour of art and had chosen to to pass their mature years in a fo