Comments on: ArtSunday: love among the ruffles

By: Hels

Hels — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:21:48 +0000

Clearly from your descriptive language you love fashion history. And noone depicted the handiwork by C19th women better than Tissot. I did a social history of women’s clothing this semester and often used Tissot as examples that the students might love. But I did not expect the same attention to lush detail in his religious works. That was a surprise. Thanks for the link
Hels
Art and Architecture, mainly

By: Euphrosyne

Euphrosyne — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:30:16 +0000

After Kathleen died, he tried for a few years to continue painting portraits, but the general consensus seems to be that his grief for her was too overwhelming, even after leaving London and returning to Paris. Around 1885 he started a series of illustrations (probably the most accurate word) of scenes from the Old and New Testaments – technically proficient but not particularly inspired…

Russ: I enjoy the sense in his best work of stepping into an ongoing conversation or activity and the impression that his subjects may be posing for each other but not for him.

Jeff: His best works, in my opinion, are his etchings and mezzotints of Kathleen – they tend to be intimate, freer in execution, altogether more personal and immediate.

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:35 +0000

At Sotheby’s spring acution that I attended, there were a few of Tissot’s paintings that were auctioned. I think the lowest price was around $95,000 plus buyers premium. Tissot has been on my radar for years, but I’ve never seen a piece in the market that caught me.

Jeff

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:08:45 +0000

James Tissot is a forgotten man.

You can say that again: I never heard of him. He’s truly on a par with John Singer Sargent, a personal favorite of mine.

Aside from the fashion, I enjoy the poignant expressions on his subjects’ faces too.

Thanks for tuning us on to him, Ann!