Object Details
Artist
James Joseph Jacques Tissot
Date
1880
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 7 1/2 inches (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 x 11 1/4 inches (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the Friends of the Museum Purchase Fund
Object
Number
76.020.005
Like his friend Whistler, whom he met in Paris in the late 1850s, Tissot was greatly influenced by J(…)
Like his friend Whistler, whom he met in Paris in the late 1850s, Tissot was greatly influenced by Japanese art but in a more prosaic way, dressing his models in the accouterments of Japan culture while maintaining a very western approach to the composition. Tissot came to live in London in 1871 after fighting in the Franco Prussian War. While there, Seymour Haden taught Tissot the etching technique. (“The Touch of the Butterfly: Whistler and His Influence,” curated by Nancy E. Green and presented at the Johnson Museum August 4-December 16, 2018)
