This is the painting that lured me to the exhibit. This young woman’s housecoat, patterned yellow pillow and tropical plants were introduced to Europe via colonial conquests in the southern hemisphere. Juxtaposed to these items that signify the speed of travel, trade and fashion are the middle class woman’s long slow hours of recuperating health. … Continue reading Tissot – 2| Art Gowns
Tissot, a name I hadn’t heard much. Then the AGO announced an exhibit featuring their collection of 2 oil paintings, 1 watercolour and 30 etchings on paper. A Most Enchanting Day at the AGO In the last decades of the nineteenth century, James Tissot portrayed women within the contradictions of the period. Modernity via the … Continue reading Tissot – I| Art Gowns
“L’Ambitieuse (Political Woman),” also referred to as “The Reception,” belongs to a series of fifteen large paintings that James Tissot executed between 1883 and 1885. The series, entitled “La femme à Paris,” contains some of his most trenchant observations and comments on late nineteenth-century Parisian society. The political arena inhabited by this painting’s subject isContinue reading "L’Ambitieuse by James Tissot"| Mysterious Art Century
Summer, sometimes referred to as A Portrait, was created in 1876 by French painter and printmaker James Tissot (Fig. 1). Tissot was born on October 15, 1836 in Nantes, France into a family of textile merchants. Twenty years later, around 1856, Tissot moved to Paris to study under Louis Lamothe and Hippolyte Flandrin. In 1859, he made his debut at the Paris Salon. He would continue to exhibit at the Salon until his move to London in 1871. Tissot lived in London where he gained fame and regular...| Fashion History Timeline
