
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”. — John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems. Édouard Bisson, A Nymph, 1901, Private collection.

“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter”. — John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems. Édouard Bisson, A Nymph, 1901, Private collection.

Born in Paris in 1856, Édouard Bisson (1856—1945) studied art under one of the most successful of French artists, Jean-Léon Gérôme. He always saw himself as a painter of...

Édouard Bisson’s (1856—1945) work focused on elevating a stylized form of feminine beauty during the Fin de Siècle. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists...

In the present work, Édouard Bisson (1856—1945) has used his favoured soft palette to show light shimmering through ethereal clouds and opaque dresses. Nymphs...

Édouard Bisson (1856—1945) was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and exhibited at the Salon until 1939. He gained popularity for his works from around 1900 which...