Both she and the dress were objects of obsessive attention by their possessor, painter Jacques—alias James—Tissot. Their story, with its mix of passion, scandal, luxury, tragedy, and ...

James Tissot (1836-1902 ... In a decade when Manet scandalised Paris with paintings of naked women, Tissot showed the Second Empire what it wanted to see: itself, in all its materialistic grandeur.

James Jacques Joseph Tissot was a French artist known for his paintings depicting contemporary European high society, women's fashion, and biblical events. His work is associated with realism, early ...

An anonymous buyer paid a record $5.3 million on Wednesday for a painting by the 19th-century French artist James Jacques Joseph Tissot, the auction house Sotheby’s said. It said the painting ...

In the case of the French artist James Tissot ... own account, Tissot, at around age 48, saw a vision during Mass in the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris. Until that time his paintings had focused ...

The 19th-century French painter James Tissot may be the greatest artist many people know next to nothing about. Despite being a successful international art-star in his day, and his friendships with ...

Degas tried to win him for the Impressionists, Ruskin dismissed his paintings as “unhappy mere photographs of vulgar society”, Henry James called ... qualities, Tissot’s oddly angled ...

Goupil Galerie, Paris, 1869 (for 3000 fr, including the frame); sold 21 March 1871 to Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam (3,500 fr); sold by Van Gogh to a collector from Ravenstein, South Brabant, ...