Jacques Tissot - Painter, both successful and Controversl

Jacques Tissot was born in 1836, Nantes is a French seaport. He was always interested in things nautical and this can be seen in the precision of the maneuvers and marine scenes, then painted. His father was a successful merchant and a devout Roman Catholic and Jaques was sent to a Jesuit school. His father was not happy with the election of the career of Jacques, but he gave us onwards.

It was the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1856, in force, where he was andfriend of James McNeill Whistler. He changed the name of James, to draw attention. He learned the business of trade by his father and used the experience to sell his works. He has traveled extensively to pursue a craft and its well-preserved, exposed in particular between the rich English supporters, and also at the Royal Academy. He returned to Paris and the outbreak of war (the Franco-Prussian War), fled to England, where he had many friends in 1871. James has been hard work andwisely and quickly became a success in London. His images were of excellent quality, but sometimes controversial - probably supports this distribution and not vice versa. Many images are incredibly beautiful women in costumes. The famous art critic John Ruskin was particularly indifferent, and called his paintings "mere vulgar images of society." His French friends were jealous of his success in England. He lived life to the fullest.

In 1874, Edmond de Goncourt wrotesarcastic, James Tissot, "had a studio with a waiting room, where every moment is that of chilled champagne for guests, and in the studio, a garden, where all day, a brush will see a footman in silk stockings and glossy leaves of the bushes. "

He met Kathleen Newton Irish and divorced and has two children and a colorful past. She was his mistress and model, and together they inspire each other. James and Kathleen lived as husband and wife, but within ato sink a few years, their health and initiated in 1882, has cheated the consumer to commit suicide. During this period James was totally committed to it.

James was inconsolable and leave within a week the house and never returned. He did not marry, or have other long-term relationships. He dealt with spiritualism and tried to contact Kathleen. He moved to Paris and set the style that had been so successful for him in London, but has not been so successful in Paris. He had a"Religious experience" and was very devout, and began to paint religious scenes.

He died in 1902 in ingots.