Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)

Artist Name Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)
Title Portrait of a Lady
Description A beautiful, colourful Impressionistic portrait of a lady which dates to circa 1900.  A rare and fine oil on canvas in excellent condition by an unknown hand and attributed to the circle of James Tissot. It is a fine quality portrait framed in a fine Bourlet frame of the period.
 
Provenance Midlands estate
Medium Oil on Canvas
Size 18 x 14 inches
Frame Housed in a fine Bourlet gallery frame. 25 inches by 24 inches. Excellent condition
Condition Excellent.
Biography Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. After receiving a religious education, Tissot went to Paris at age 19 to study art. In 1859 he exhibited at the Salon (an official exhibition sponsored by the French government). Turning from his rather anguished early works to modern genre paintings and stylish portraits, he quickly became successful in the Paris art world. He fought in the Franco-German War (1870–71), later associating himself with the Paris Commune; in its aftermath he fled to London (May 1871). There he began to rebuild his career, establishing residence in St. John’s Wood, London. During that period he made many etchings, dry-points, and mezzotints, as well as paintings. In the late 1870s he also became interested in the craft of cloisonné enameling. Occasionally traveling abroad, he made London his home until November 1882, when his Irish mistress died.Tissot returned to Paris. In 1885, after a mystical experience, he determined to illustrate a life of Christ. He took a number of trips to the Holy Land and produced some 350 watercolours of New Testament subjects, which were published in two volumes.
Price SOLD
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