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James Tissot |
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| Born: 1836 - Died: 1902. |
| Tissot was born Jacques Joseph Tissot in Nantes, to a middle class family. Tissot’s early paintings are mainly historical, and heavily influenced by the Dutch School. He came into contact with the Impressionists as a young man, and was leading a fairly unadventurous life.
He fought in the Franco-German War (1870–71), later associating himself with the Paris Commune; in its aftermath he fled to London (May 1871). Following his alleged involvement in the turbulent events of the Paris Commune (1871) he took refuge in London, where he lived from 1871 to 1882. He was just as successful there as he had been in Paris and lived in some style in St John's Wood.
His pictures are distinguished most obviously by his love of painting women's costumes, his works have probably been more often reproduced in works on the history of costume than on the history of painting. He also, however, had a gift for wittily observing nuances of social behaviour.
In 1876 Tissot met a young and attractive Irish divorcee called Kathleen Newton. Kathleen had married an English army officer in India. She had formed an adulterous relationship with another man, borne his child, and returned home in disgrace, beyond the pale of polite society. Kathleen Newton became Tissot’s mistress, and moved into his London home. As a result of his association with Kathleen and her background Tissot withdrew from his social background, living quietly at his Grove End home with Kathleen. Kathleen Newton became Tissot’s muse, and appeared in many of his pictures. She was in every sense the love of his life.
Tissot was also attracted to the Port of London, and the river Thames, as one of his other subjects for his work. His paintings with the river as the background have an evocative atmosphere missing in his other work. One can almost smell the smoke, and hear the shouts of the dockers and watermen.
In 1882, Kathleen Newton died of consumption, Tissot moved back to Paris within a week of her death; however, he never recovered from this tragedy. Initially Tissot carried on painting society and genre pictures in Paris, but soon gave this up, devoting the rest of his life to painting religious scenes. In late life Tissot became increasingly interested in Spiritualism, a vogue of the time, and of course his motivation for this interest is not a mystery.
Tissot died at Buillon on Friday the 8th August 1902.
Tissot’s life was that of a brilliant artist, scared by tragedy. |
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