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James Tissot

1836

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James Tissot was a French photographer based in Nantes who documented provincial life and domestic interiors with meticulous attention to light and material detail. Working in the latter half of the nineteenth century, he captured the textures of everyday objects and spaces with a precision that elevated ordinary subject matter to studied observation. His photographs reveal a formal sensibility aligned with emerging photographic modernism, where composition and tonal control became primary concerns. Tissot's archive represents an important record of French regional culture and the technical possibilities of the medium in its early development.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Morning

1886 · Mezzotint on wove paper; trial proof

sheet: 26 9/16 x 22 1/16 in. (67.4 x 56 cm) plate: 19 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (50 x 27 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Garden Bench

1883 · mezzotint

Sheet: 54.7 x 72.2 cm (21 9/16 x 28 7/16 in.); Platemark: 41.6 x 56.2 cm (16 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Prodigal Son: The Fatted Calf (L’enfant prodigue: le veau gras)

1881 · etching

Image: 27.3 x 37.1 cm (10 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 45.7 x 57.8 cm (18 x 22 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

At the Sea Side

1880 · etching and drypoint

Image: 37.9 x 13.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 39.3 x 22.8 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Winter's Walk

1880 · Etching and drypoint on laid paper; first state of three

sheet: 24 13/16 x 14 15/16 in. (63 x 38 cm) plate: 22 9/16 x 10 11/16 in. (57.3 x 27.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)

1878 · oil on fabric

Framed: 112.1 x 85.4 x 6.4 cm (44 1/8 x 33 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 87.5 x 61 cm (34 7/16 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Three Crows Inn, Gravesend

1877 · Etching on laid paper; third state of three

sheet: 11 7/16 x 14 15/16 in. (29 x 38 cm) plate: 8 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (21.6 x 30.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Full Sunlight (En plein soleil)

1876 · Oil on wood

9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.8 x 35.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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