James Tissot Quotes

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by Tom Gurney
Tom Gurney BSc (Hons) is an art history expert with over 20 years experience
Published on June 19, 2020 / Updated on October 14, 2023
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Tissot's decision to remain on the fringes of the Impressionist movement and avoid being an official part of their collective limited the level of focus that his career received, leaving us with an unclear opinion on his own personality.

Famous Quotes by James Tissot

For a long time the imagination of the Christian world has been led astray by the fancies of artists.

The more i acquire, the more i desire and the more hopefully i strive, to produce compositions that reveal the hidden meanings of our everyday life.
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Quotes about James Tissot by Art Historians and Fellow Artists

Tissot's personality is elusive. There is little to go on, and much of what there is seems quite contradictory. He has been described as both cool and passionate, carefree and neurotic, arch and sincere, sophisticated and superstitious, sociable and reclusive.
James Tissot - Victorian Life / Modern Love by Nancy Rose Marshall and Malcolm Warner

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Tom Gurney in an art history expert. He received a BSc (Hons) degree from Salford University, UK, and has also studied famous artists and art movements for over 20 years. Tom has also published a number of books related to art history and continues to contribute to a number of different art websites. You can read more on Tom Gurney here.