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Painting of three women in Victorian-era dresses on a ship's deck, overlooking a harbor. Text overlaid with "James Tissot" and exhibit details at Musée d'Orsay.

James Tissot. La galerie du HMS Calcutta (Portsmouth), vers 1876. Royaume-Uni, Londres, Tate Collection. Tate Photography © Tate, Londres, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Tate Photography / Tate Photography / RMN-GP. Exhibition poster detail © Musée d’Orsay

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27 August 2020

JAMES TISSOT EXHIBITION

Musée d'Orsay
James Tissot (1836-1902), Ambiguously modern

This exhibition is organised by the Musées d'Orsay et de l’Orangerie and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.

23 June > 11 September 2020

Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Paris 7e

www.musee-orsay.fr


Three people relax under umbrellas on a boat in a busy harbor with smoking ships and masts in the background.
La Tamise, James Tissot. 1876 © Collection particulière.

Two paintings: the left depicts a woman and children on steps, the right shows an elegant woman in a black dress among formally dressed people at a gathering.
1 - Visiteurs de Londres, James Tissot. 1874 © Milwaukee Art Museum, Layton Art Collection, Inc., Gift of Frederick Layton. 2 - La plus jolie femme de Paris, James Tissot vers 1885 © MAH Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève. Legs Pamela Sherek, 1998

A group of 13 men, dressed in 19th-century attire, are gathered on a terrace with a large column in the background. A dog rests on the tiled floor nearby.
Le Cercle de la rue Royale, James Tissot. 1866 © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt

Two scenes of a circus performance with a horse and rider on the left and an acrobat on ropes in front of an audience on the right.
1 - Ces Dames des Chars, James Tissot vers 1885 © Risd Museum, Gift of Mr. Walter Lowry. 2 - Femmes de Paris : l’amoureuse du cirque, James Tissot vers 1885 © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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