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James Tissot

1836–1902 · Realism & Academic

Biography

James Tissot (1836–1902) was a French painter who worked in Paris and London. He is famous for his detailed scenes of fashionable society and, later, for hundreds of illustrations of the life of Christ.

Paintings in this gallery (1)

The Ball on Shipboard

The Ball on Shipboard

James Tissot · c. 1874

Famous works elsewhere

  • The Shop Girl 1883
  • Le Cercle de la rue Royale 1868
  • What Our Lord Saw from the Cross 1890
  • October 1877

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