James Tissot. L'ambigu moderne. Archéologie généralité en passant par Tristes Campagnes

en passant par Tristes Campagnes et La fin du Paysage

for a few hours

March 1960

It revisits his main photographic series (Nocturne

James Tissot. L'ambigu moderne. Archéologie généralité en passant par Tristes CampagnesJames Tissot (1836 1902) was a virtuoso painter whose elegance quickly spread beyond the borders of France. Born in Nantes and a companion of the ImpressionistsDegas, Manet, and Whistler were among his friendsTissot trained at the Beaux Arts in Paris before moving to England, his chosen home from the 1870s. It was in London that his talents as a society portraitist flourished, encouraged by the Royal Academy. His dandyism naturally responded to the