Portrait of the Pilgrim: James Tissot’s Reinvention (1885-1895)
In 1885, when James Tissot could have retired a wealthy man, he reinvented himself. He had earned a total of 1,200,000 francs during his years painting in London (1871 to 1882), largely for the...
View ArticlePortrait of the Pilgrim: “not necessary or advisable to start a controversy”...
James Tissot, 1898 In 1896, James Tissot embarked on his third and final voyage to the Middle East to begin an illustrated Old Testament [published in 1904]. He was sixty, making yet another long...
View ArticleParis, 1885-1900
April 1 is my birthday, and I write an annual April Fool’s Day post, so here’s something fun: an illustrated timeline of James Tissot’s life in Paris during La Belle Époque. It puts him in the context...
View ArticlePortrait of the Pilgrim: “a dealer of genius” (1899-1900)
James Tissot, having devoted years researching and completing his Life of Christ illustrations, did not leave his reputation to his friends. The Sermon of the Beatitudes (La sermon des béatitudes,...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Tissot’s “Embarkation at Calais”
James Tissot began a follow-up series to his 1883-85 series of large-scale paintings, La Femme à Paris (The Parisian Woman), to be called L’Etrangère (The Foreign Woman), but he only completed two...
View ArticleWho was the Comtesse d’Yanville?
Tissot’s pastel portrait, Comtesse d’Yanville and Her Four Children (c. 1895), was gifted to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Ruth and Bruce Dayton in 1997, but it is not currently on view....
View ArticleOn Holiday with James Tissot and Kathleen Newton in 1878, by Lucy Paquette...
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “On Holiday with James Tissot and Kathleen Newton, by Lucy Paquette for The Victorian Web.” Victorian Web....
View ArticleTissot’s Study for “Young Lady in a Boat”
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “Tissot’s Study for ‘Young Lady in a Boat.'” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/tissots-study-for-young-lady-in-a-boat/. <Date...
View ArticleTissot’s Textures
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “Tissot’s Textures.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/tissots-textures/. <Date viewed.> James Tissot’s oil paintings emanate...
View ArticleJames Tissot’s Prints
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “James Tissot’s Prints.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/james-tissots-prints/. <Date viewed.> In 1860 and 1861, James Tissot...
View ArticleJames Tissot’s Prints at the Zimmerli Art Museum
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “James Tissot’s Prints at the Zimmerli Art Museum.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2019/11/14/james-tissots-prints-at-the-zimmerli-art-museum/....
View ArticleJames Tissot: Fashion & Faith, a retrospective at the Legion of Honor
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “James Tissot: Fashion & Faith, a retrospective at the Legion of Honor.” The Hammock....
View ArticleJames Tissot, the painter art critics still love to hate: a retrospective...
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “James Tissot, the painter art critics still love to hate: a retrospective review round-up.” The Hammock....
View ArticleWhat happens at the Tissot Symposium…stays at the Tissot Symposium?
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “What happens at the Tissot Symposium…stays at the Tissot Symposium?” The Hammock....
View Article“Berthe,” “Sunday Morning,” and “The Newspaper”
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. ““Berthe,” “Sunday Morning,” and “The Newspaper”.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/berthe-sunday-morning-and-the-newspaper/ <Date...
View ArticleThe James Tissot Gift Shop
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “The James Tissot Gift Shop.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2020/04/01/the-james-tissot-gift-shop/. <Date viewed.> April 1 is my...
View ArticleTen “missing” Tissot paintings that turned up
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “Ten “missing” Tissot paintings that turned up.” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/ten-missing-tissot-paintings-that-turned-up/....
View ArticleTissot’s Illustrations for Renée Mauperin (1884)
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “Tissot’s Illustrations for Renée Mauperin (1884).” The Hammock. https://thehammocknovel.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/tissots-illustrations-for-renee-mauperin-1884/....
View ArticleThe few images of people of color by the Impressionists and James Tissot
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “The few images of people of color by the Impressionists and James Tissot.” The Hammock....
View Article“Tissot’s wartime sketchbook, 1870-71,” in The Burlington Magazine (July 2020)
To cite this article: Paquette, Lucy. “Tissot’s wartime sketchbook, 1870-71,” in The Burlington Magazine (July 2020). The Hammock....
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