Tag: Art

La fille du guerrier (c.1878)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) La fille du guerrier (The Warrior’s Daughter) c.1878 Oil on panel, 21.8 x 36.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces…

Hush! (1875)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Hush! 1875 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 112.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Modern life was the central theme of Tissot‘s art, with a focus on bourgeois social behaviour. His genre pieces typically dwelt on social nicety, flattering…

Manchester Art Gallery

Opened: 1824 Location: Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL Website: https://manchesterartgallery.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…

Berthe (c.1883)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Portrait de jeune femme / Berthe (Portrait of a young woman / Berthe) c.1883 Graphite pencil, pastel and paper on canvas, 73 x 59 cm Petit Palais, Paris

Petit Palais (Paris)

Opened: 1900 Address: Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris, France Website: https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: • Museums…

Summer (1876)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Summer (‘Portrait’) 1876 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 50.8 cm Tate Britain, London James Tissot is deliberately ambiguous here, inviting us to interpret it. His model, Miss Lloyd, stands at the entrance of a billiards’ room, a space…

Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (c.1876)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth (Gallery of HMS Calcutta) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 91.8 cm Tate Britain, London Tissot often painted a man with two women in order to explore the subtle nuances of flirtation…

La Fille du capitaine (1873)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) La Fille du capitaine (The Captain’s Daughter) 1873 Oil on canvas, 72.3 x 104.8 cm Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton Tissot began his career exhibiting historic subjects at the Paris Salon but during the 1860s turned to scenes…

Southampton City Art Gallery

Built: 1930 Address: Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY Website: https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/ Collection: • Monet, Claude (1840-1926): L’église de Vétheuil (1880) • Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903): Vue depuis la route de Versailles, Louveciennes (1870) • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899): Allée de châtaigniers…