Until 1880 , Sisley lived and worked in the countryside west of Paris ; then Sisley and his family moved to a small village near Moret-sur-Loing . This was close to the forest of Fontainebleau where the painters of the Barbizon school had worked earlier in the century . Until 1880 , Sisley lived and worked in the countryside west of Paris ; then Sisley and his family moved to a small village near Moret-sur-Loing , close to the forest of Fontainebleau where the painters of the Barbizon school had worked earlier in the century .