The Gallery of HMS Calcutta, James Tissot, oli in canvas, roughly 27 x 36 in (68 x 92 cm). Link os to image file page on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Tate, London. 19th century French painter James Tissot, who was unjustly often dismissed Read More …
The Adoration of the Shepherds, James Tissot This is one of a remarkable series of 350 paintings — done primarily in gouache — in which Tissot depicted events in the New Testament of the Bible relevant to the life of Christ (see my pervious post Read More …
Tea, James Tissot In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the download or zoom icons under the image for the high-resolution version. Tissot here copied and expanded on a portion of another of his own paintings, Bad News. The change in context from the narrative Read More …
Holyday, James Tissot Sometimes listed as “The Picnic”. In the Tate Britain. Use Full Screen link under the image (or full size here). While today is not a Holyday (holiday), it is Tissot’s birthday, a nice day to welcome fall foliage and celebrate a wonderful Read More …
In 1875, French painter and printmaker James Jacques-Joseph Tissot met divorcee Kathleen Newton, and fell for her head-over-brushes. They had a scant seven years together before he was devastated by her death from tuberculosis in 1882. During that time, which Tissot described as the happiest Read More …
Hide and Seek, James Jacques Joseph Tissot My fascination with this painting by Tissot (an underrated painter in my opinion), in not so much the ostensible subjects of the children playing as their mother reads, but the play of light among the wonderfully tactile surfaces Read More …