James Tissot
| James Tissot | |
Self-portrait (detail, 1898) | |
| Birth name | Jacques Joseph Tissot |
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| Activity (s) | painter |
| Birth | 15 October 1836 Nantes |
| Deaths | 8 August 1902 (65) Chenecey-Buillon |
Jacques-Joseph Tissot, "said James Tissot, born in Nantes , 15 October 1836 and died in Chenecey-Buillon on August 8 in 1902 , is a French painter and engraver, especially popular in Great Britain. He studied in Paris and exhibited for the first time at the Salon of 1859. He moved to London in 1871 where her scenes were exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1882 after the death of his beloved, he found refuge in religion. After a stay in Jerusalem and Palestine he performed compositions depicting scenes from the New Testament.
Summary |
Introduction
He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the direction of Ingres , Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe.
He became interested in the engraving to 1860 and settled in England after the 1870 war. It provides caricatures to Vanity Fair under the pseudonym Coid.
Gallery
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"The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem "
See also
- Trafagar Tavern Greenwich (1878), original etching, James Tissot. Exhibited at the Castle Museum of Nemours.
- List of French painters
External link
- Biographical (visited 29.06.2008: dead link)
