
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...

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...

The present work depicts a young marchand de fleurs on the rue du Havre, a bustling street, the nearby grands magasins of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette on the...