Tag: England

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…

Southampton (England)

Southampton in Art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water 1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Museums: • Southampton City Art Gallery: Civic Centre Rd, Southampton, SO14 7LP Births: • Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) • Russell, Ken (1927-2011) See also: • Cities | England | UK

Guildhall Art Gallery (London)

Opened: 1885 Address: Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE Website: https://www.guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk/spaces/guildhall-art-gallery 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: •…

James Tissot

(1836–1902) Jacques Joseph Tissot The artist’s works: La danse de la mort 1860 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Le retour de l’enfant prodigue 1862 Petit Palais, Paris Le départ de l’enfant prodigue 1863 Petit Palais, Paris Autoportrait c.1865 Legion of Honor, San Francisco…

Royal Society of Arts (London)

Founded: 1754 Address: 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ Website: https://www.thersa.org/ Fellows: • Dench, Judi (1934) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) • Savoy, Teresa Ann (1955-2017) • Ustinov, Peter (1921-2004) See also: • London (England) | Museums | Organizations | Westminster (London)