James Tissot, “What Our Lord Saw from the Cross” (1886-1894), opaque watercolor over graphite on gray-green wove paper, 9 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription ...

Although religious conversion always bears fruit in a person’s life, that fruit is sometimes not visible to the casual observer. In the case of the French artist James Tissot (1836-1902 ...

Tissot only completed 15 of this projected series of large-scale, sumptuous paintings of glamorous Parisian women, five of which are on view. Among them is "Provincial Woman" (1883-85), where a ...

The 19th-century French painter James Tissot may be the greatest artist many people know next to nothing about. Despite being a successful international art-star in his day, and his friendships with ...