James Tissot
2019
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This title explores James Tissot's multifaceted career and provides a fresh perspective on the 19th-century French painter. This book explores James Tissot's multifaceted career and provides a fresh perspective on the 19th-century French painter.James Tissot is best known for his paintings of fashionable women and society life in the late 19th century. Born in Nantes, France, he trained at the cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he befriended James McNeill Whistler and Edgar Degas. Tissot's career defies categorization and he never formally belonged to the Impressionist circle despite an invitation from Degas. An astute businessman, Tissot garnered commercial and critical success on both sides of the English Channel while defying traditional conventions. He received recognition at the time from patrons and peers, and even his society portraits reveal a rich and complex commentary on Victorian and fin-de-sicle culture. This lavishly illustrated book, featuring paintings, enamels, and works on paper, explores Tissot's life and career from his early period in Nantes to his later years when he made hundreds of spiritual and religious works. The volume also includes essays that introduce new scholarship to redefine Tissot's placement within the narratives of the 19th-century canon.Published with Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Main title:
James Tissot / Melissa E. Buron with Krystyna Matyjaskiewicz and Donato Esposito [and fifteen others].
Author:
Buron, Melissa E., authorMatyjaszkiewicz, Krystyna, authorFine Arts Museums of San Francisco, associated with workLegion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.), host institutionMusee d'Orsay, host institution
Imprint:
Munich : DelMonico Books, 2019.
Collation:
354 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cm
Notes:
Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'James Tissot - Fashion and Faith', held at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 12th October 2019-9th February 2020, and at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 23rd March-19th July 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9783791359199 (hbk.)
Language:
English
BRN:
6053385
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