James Tissot

1836–1902

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Biography

Jacques Joseph Tissot (French: [tiso]; 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot (), was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible.

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Artworks

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James Tissot Holyday

c.1876

James Tissot The Gallery of HMS Calcutta (Portsmouth)

c.1876

James Tissot The Ball on Shipboard

c.1874

James Tissot Portsmouth Dockyard

c.1877

James Tissot Summer (‘Portrait’)

1876

James Tissot Ramsgate

c.1876

James Tissot Studies of a Kneeling Woman

c.1872–3

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James Tissot Study of a Girl in a Mob Cap

c.1872

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Film and audio

Conserving Tissot's Portrait 1876

Watch curator Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and painting conservator Rebecca Hellen discuss and conserve Tissot's Portrait 1876 in this Facebook Live recording