Sisley became the best example of the impressionistic concept of painting, and he combined it with a lyrical perception of the world. The subdued nature of Ile-de-France inspired the artist to create works that were scaled down in tone and mood. Small in format and poignant in mood, the landscape The garden of Hoschede. Montgeron makes it possible to see the lightness and freedom of Alfred Sisley’s painting technique. The garden represented in the picture belonged to the head of the Hoschede trading company, which was one of the first to value and collect impressionist paintings. Sisley and Monet worked regularly in Montgeron from the 1870s until the beginning of the 1880s.