James Tissot's ambiguous modernity
Jacques Joseph Tissot, born in Nantes and a student of the Ecole
des Beaux-Arts in Paris, is a major artist of the second half of the 19th
century. He was a fascinating, ambiguous figure whose
career spanned the English Channel. Although he has regularly featured in
exhibitions devoted to this period, this retrospective is the first dedicated
to him in Paris since the exhibition organised at the Petit Palais in 1985....
James Tissot Ambiguously modern - Exhibition catalogue
FRENCH LANGUAGE
James Tissot (1836-1902) was a virtuoso
painter whose elegance quickly spread beyond the borders of France. A native of
Nantes, a companion of the Impressionists - Degas, Manet and Whistler were
among his friends - Tissot was trained at the Beaux-Arts in Paris before moving
to England, his chosen country from the 1870s onwards.
It was in London that his talents as a worldly
portrait painter blossomed, encouraged by the Royal Academy. His dandyism
naturally responded to the sophisticated charm of British high society, and his
taste for observation seduced the press of the time (he painted inspired
caricatures for Vanity Fair).
James Tissot painted the Victorian era with unparalleled delicacy.
In his paintings, wise models with lost glances follow Proustian figures with
fascinating toilets. His conventional genre scenes, in typical
Second Empire interiors, are nevertheless shrouded in a striking mystery ...
Beyond these iconic images, this catalogue
endeavours to present the biblical illustrations by Tissot that contributed to
his fame, as well as his daring research in photography, printmaking and
cloisonné enamel. Different techniques at the service of the same creative
impulse, and which testify to the multiple works of a brilliant artist little
exposed in France.
Exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay from 22 March
to 19 July 2020
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