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James Joseph Jacques Tissot

1836–1902

French painter. Studied at the École des beaux arts, Paris. Moved to London in 1871 and worked as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair. In the 1890s, produced a large series of watercolour illustrations of New Testament scenes and the life of Jesus.

Source

Bénézit 1976, EB.

Bibliography

Bénézit, Emmanuel. 1976. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d’écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers. Revised edition. 10 vols. Paris: Librairie Gründ.

EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.

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