
‘Holyday’ or ‘The Picnic’ shows a leisurely afternoon: the young people flirt idly with each other, unnoticed by their sleeping chaperone. The cricketers in the red,...

‘Holyday’ or ‘The Picnic’ shows a leisurely afternoon: the young people flirt idly with each other, unnoticed by their sleeping chaperone. The cricketers in the red,...

Who is this mysterious young lady? A lady wrapped herself in a blanket convalescing in a garden on this beautiful autumn day, when the chestnut trees turned yellow 🍂 Is...

French painter Jacques Joseph Tissot or James Tissot (1836—1902) grew up in a household attuned to fashion. His portraits, which he painted throughout most of his...

“L’Ambitieuse” (A Woman of Ambition) belongs to a series of fifteen large paintings that James Tissot (1836—1902) executed between 1883 and 1885. The series, entitled...

In 1880’s James Tissot (1836—1902) returned from United Kingdom to France , where he resumed his position as a Parisian society painter. He became famous as a genre...