12/10/2015

Jacques Joseph Tissot

Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible.
Jacques Tissot was born in the port town of Nantes, France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English.

Jacques Joseph Tissot Paintings

 

The_Garden_Bench

The_Garden_Bench

james jacques joseph tissot the ball on shipboard painting 22857

james jacques joseph tissot the ball on shipboard painting 22857

james jacques joseph tissot young lady in a boat painting 24520

james jacques joseph tissot young lady in a boat painting 24520

The Concert

The Concert

james jacques joseph tissot the concert painting 22979

james jacques joseph tissot the concert painting 22979

james jacques joseph tissot a little nimrod painting 17520

james jacques joseph tissot a little nimrod painting 17520

james jacques joseph tissot hide and seek painting 19641

james jacques joseph tissot hide and seek painting 19641

The_Artists_Ladies

The_Artists_Ladies

james jacques joseph tissot a passing storm painting 17563

james jacques joseph tissot a passing storm painting 17563

james jacques joseph tissot the bridesmaid painting 22919

james jacques joseph tissot the bridesmaid painting 22919

james jacques joseph tissot the woman of fashion painting 23737

james jacques joseph tissot the woman of fashion painting 23737

The_Picnic

The_Picnic

A_Little_Nimrod

A_Little_Nimrod

The Bunch of Lilacs

The Bunch of Lilacs

Gentleman_in_a_Railway_Carriage

Gentleman_in_a_Railway_Carriage

Tissot Too Early

Tissot Too Early

Journey_of_the_Magi

Journey_of_the_Magi

The_Woman_of_Fashion

The_Woman_of_Fashion

By_the_Thames_at_Richmond

By_the_Thames_at_Richmond

james jacques joseph tissot in an english garden painting 19858

james jacques joseph tissot in an english garden painting 19858

The_Political_Lady

The_Political_Lady

james jacques joseph tissot a woman of ambition painting 17691

james jacques joseph tissot a woman of ambition painting 17691

james jacques joseph tissot gentleman in a railway carriage painting 19325

james jacques joseph tissot gentleman in a railway carriage painting 19325

Hide_and_Seek

Hide_and_Seek

james jacques joseph tissot the garden bench painting 23109

james jacques joseph tissot the garden bench painting 23109

james jacques joseph tissot tissot the traveller painting 23794

james jacques joseph tissot tissot the traveller painting 23794

The_Bridesmaid

The_Bridesmaid

Tissot_October

Tissot_October

The_Ball_on_Shipboard

The_Ball_on_Shipboard

james jacques joseph tissot in the sunshine painting 19907

james jacques joseph tissot in the sunshine painting 19907

In an English Garden

In an English Garden

Young_Lady_in_a_Boat

Young_Lady_in_a_Boat

Journey of the Magi with stars

Journey of the Magi with stars

In_the_Sunshine

In_the_Sunshine

james jacques joseph tissot the bunch of violets painting 22932

james jacques joseph tissot the bunch of violets painting 22932

james jacques joseph tissot tissot october painting 23792

james jacques joseph tissot tissot october painting 23792

Tissot The Traveller

Tissot The Traveller

A_Passing_Storm

A_Passing_Storm

james jacques joseph tissot by the thames at richmond painting 18096

james jacques joseph tissot by the thames at richmond painting 18096

james jacques joseph tissot the artist s ladies painting 22844

james jacques joseph tissot the artist s ladies painting 22844

The Bunch of Violets

The Bunch of Violets

Tissot October

Tissot October

Room_Overlooking_the_Harbour

Room_Overlooking_the_Harbour

YOUNG WOMEN LOOKING AT JAPANESE OBJECTS

YOUNG WOMEN LOOKING AT JAPANESE OBJECTS

A_Woman_of_Ambition

A_Woman_of_Ambition