James Tissot

French Painter, 1836-1902 French painter, printmaker and enamellist. He grew up in a port, an experience reflected in his later paintings set on board ship. He moved to Paris c. 1856 and became a pupil of Louis Lamothe and Hippolyte Flandrin. He made his Salon d?but in 1859 and continued to exhibit there successfully until he went to London in 1871. His early paintings exemplify Romantic obsessions with the Middle Ages, while works such as the Meeting of Faust and Marguerite (exh. Salon 1861; Paris. Mus. d'Orsay) and Marguerite at the Ramparts (1861; untraced, see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 8) show the influence of the Belgian painter Baron Henri Leys. In the mid-1860s Tissot abandoned these tendencies in favour of contemporary subjects, sometimes with a humorous intent, as in Two Sisters (exh. Salon 1864; Paris, Louvre) and Beating the Retreat in the Tuileries Gardens (exh. Salon 1868; priv. col., see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 45). The painting Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects (exh. Salon 1869; priv. col., see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 59) testifies to his interest in things Oriental, and Picnic (exh. Salon 1869; priv. col., see 1984 exh. cat., fig. 27), in which he delved into the period of the Directoire, is perhaps influenced by the Goncourt brothers. Tissot re-created the atmosphere of the 1790s by dressing his characters in historical costume.


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James Tissot Still On Top (nn01) oil


Still On Top (nn01)
Painting ID::  22865
Still On Top (nn01)
Oil on canvas,34 1/2 x 21 in/87.6 x 53.3 cm Auckland City Art Gallery
   
   
     

James Tissot Hush (nn01) oil


Hush (nn01)
Painting ID::  22866
Hush (nn01)
Oil on canvas,29 x 44 in/73.7 x 111.8 cm Manchester city Art Galleries
   
   
     

James Tissot The Bunch of Lilacs (nn01) oil


The Bunch of Lilacs (nn01)
Painting ID::  22867
The Bunch of Lilacs (nn01)
oil on canvas,20 x 14 in/50.8 x 35.6 cm Richard Green Gallery,London
   
   
     

James Tissot A Portrait (Miss Lloyd) (nn01) oil


A Portrait (Miss Lloyd) (nn01)
Painting ID::  22868
A Portrait (Miss Lloyd) (nn01)
Oil on canvas,36 x 20 in/91.4 x 50.8 cm Tate Gallery,London
   
   
     

James Tissot The Thames (nn01) oil


The Thames (nn01)
Painting ID::  22869
The Thames (nn01)
Oil on anvas,28 1/2 x 42 1/4 in/72.7 x 107.3 cm Wakefleld Art Gallery and Museums
   
   
     

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     James Tissot
     French Painter, 1836-1902 French painter, printmaker and enamellist. He grew up in a port, an experience reflected in his later paintings set on board ship. He moved to Paris c. 1856 and became a pupil of Louis Lamothe and Hippolyte Flandrin. He made his Salon d?but in 1859 and continued to exhibit there successfully until he went to London in 1871. His early paintings exemplify Romantic obsessions with the Middle Ages, while works such as the Meeting of Faust and Marguerite (exh. Salon 1861; Paris. Mus. d'Orsay) and Marguerite at the Ramparts (1861; untraced, see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 8) show the influence of the Belgian painter Baron Henri Leys. In the mid-1860s Tissot abandoned these tendencies in favour of contemporary subjects, sometimes with a humorous intent, as in Two Sisters (exh. Salon 1864; Paris, Louvre) and Beating the Retreat in the Tuileries Gardens (exh. Salon 1868; priv. col., see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 45). The painting Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects (exh. Salon 1869; priv. col., see Wentworth, 1984, pl. 59) testifies to his interest in things Oriental, and Picnic (exh. Salon 1869; priv. col., see 1984 exh. cat., fig. 27), in which he delved into the period of the Directoire, is perhaps influenced by the Goncourt brothers. Tissot re-created the atmosphere of the 1790s by dressing his characters in historical costume.

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