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Tissot in the U.K.: Bristol & Southampton
Three of James Tissot’s most well-known oil paintings made their way into public collections in Bristol, 120 miles west of London, and Southampton, about 80 miles southwest of London. Les Adieux (The...
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James Tissot’s garden idyll & Kathleen Newton’s death
Self portrait (1865), by James Tissot, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA. Courtesy The Bridgeman Art Library James Tissot fled Paris in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and the...
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James Tissot’s house at St. John’s Wood, London
Kathleen Newton in an Armchair, by James Tissot (Photo credit: Wikipedia) James Tissot’s mistress and muse, Kathleen Kelly Newton, died of tuberculosis on November 9, 1882 and was buried in plot...
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Tissot in the U.S.: New England
New England boasts five major works by James Tissot, painted between 1872 and 1885. In the mid- to late 1860s, while Tissot enjoyed ever-increasing success and fame, France was enjoying its final years...
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Tissot in the U.K.: Northern England
In 1876, James Tissot began exhibiting his work in markets outside London, including the major art centers in Northern England, and today, six of his finest works can be found in museums there. On the...
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For sale: In the Conservatory (Rivals), c. 1875, by James Tissot
On Monday, October 28, 2013, a masterpiece by French painter James Tissot will be sold at Christie’s fall sale of 19th Century European Art in New York. In the Conservatory (Rivals), c. 1875, by James...
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Was Cecil Newton James Tissot’s son?
Was James Tissot the father of Kathleen Newton’s son, Cecil George Newton, born in 1876? It’s an interesting question, and to my knowledge, there is no documentation. It is widely speculated that...
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Tissot in the U.S.: The West
Two of James Tissot’s most fascinating oil paintings are in public collections in California, and another is on loan with an exhibition in Colorado through February, 2014 You’ll find Tissot’s...
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For sale: A Visit to the Yacht, c. 1873, by James Tissot
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James Tissot the Collector: His works by Degas, Manet & Pissarro
Even as James Tissot’s paintings were collected and valued during his early career in Paris and once he moved to London after the fall of the Paris Commune, he himself was a collector. By the early to...
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Tissot in the U.S.: New York
New York, New York! It has everything – except paintings by James Tissot that you can see. Those who attended the blockbuster exhibition, “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” at the Metropolitan...
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Tissot’s La Femme à Paris series
Immediately after James Tissot’s mistress and muse Kathleen Newton died of tuberculosis in November, 1882, he abandoned his St. John’s Wood home and moved back to Paris, which he had left following the...
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Tissot’s Romances
Self portrait, c.1865 (oil on panel), by James Tissot.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA. Courtesy of The Bridgeman Art Library for use in “The Hammock: A novel based on the true story of...
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Tissot in the U.K.: London, at The Geffrye & the Guildhall
The Geffrye Museum of the Home and the Guildhall Art Gallery, two museums in east London, off the beaten tourist path, boast oil paintings by James Tissot. By 1873, two years after Tissot arrived in...
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Tissot in the U.K.: London, at the Tate
Five of James Tissot’s most famous works are in the collection of the Tate in London: The Ball on Shipboard, Holyday, A Portrait, The Gallery of HMS Calcutta (Portsmouth), and Portsmouth Dockyard....
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From Princess to Plutocrat: Tissot’s Patrons
The story of James Tissot’s patrons is the story of social transition: in the late nineteenth century, art collecting ceased to be the prerogative of the aristocracy and became a status symbol for the...
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Artistic intimates: Tissot’s patrons among his friends & colleagues
The wealth of contemporary collectors of James Tissot’s oil paintings gives an idea of the monetary value of his paintings, but Tissot’s work also was esteemed by his friends. In 1869, Tissot began...
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Was James Tissot a Plagiarist?
Today is April Fool’s Day – and my birthday – so let’s have some fun. On November 3, 1874, novelist Edmond de Goncourt (1822 – 1896) wrote in his journal, “Tissot, that plagiarist painter, has had the...
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More “Plagiarists”: Tissot’s friends Manet, Degas, Whistler & Others
James Tissot and his friends, including James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, did not work in a vacuum. In addition, creative personalities can be strong, and...
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James Tissot Goes to the Museum
James Tissot was only twenty-five when one of his oil paintings entered a public art collection. The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite attracted the attention of the Comte de Nieuwerkerke,...
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