id: 147904 accession number: 1974.258 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.258 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:36.265000 At the Sea Side, 1880. James Tissot (French, 1836–1902). Etching and drypoint; image: 37.9 x 13.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.); sheet: 39.3 x 22.8 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1974.258 title: At the Sea Side title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1880 creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1880 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: etching and drypoint department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Beraldi 38; Wentworth 47 --- CREATORS * James Tissot (French, 1836–1902) - artist Son of a fabric merchant, Tissot left for Paris in 1856 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts under Louis Lamothe (1822-1869) and Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864). Just like Alma Tadema (q.v.), Tissot, in his early career, was influenced by Belgian history painter Henry Leys (1815-1869), which resulted in such paintings as those illustrating Goethe's Faust (1808-32). In Paris he became close friends with J. A. M. Whistler (1834-1903), Degas (q.v.), and later Morisot (q.v.) and Manet (q.v.). Tissot made his debut at the Salon of 1859, and in 1864 he showed his first works depicting scenes of modern life. He became quite successful, and by 1865 his financial troubles had disappeared. His fame had already spread to the other side of the Channel, and in 1864 he exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in London. Intrigued by Japanese art, Tissot amassed a renowned collection and painted some fashionable japonaiseries. In 1870 he fought in the Franco-Prussian War and joined the Paris Commune. He left the war-ravaged city in 1871 for London, where his success continued. Degas asked him to participate in the first impressionist exhibition in 1874, but he declined. Around 1875 he met Kathleen Newton, who became his companion until her death at age twenty-eight. Overcome with grief, he moved back to Paris. There he had a large solo exhibition in 1883 at the Palais de l'Industrie, showing paintings, works on paper, and enamels. Two years later he exhibited Quinze tableaux sur la femme à Paris, depicting the life of the modern urban woman. From that point on, Tissot became deeply involved with spiritualism and religion. He departed completely from secular subjects and began illustrating the life of Christ. --- measurements: Image: 37.9 x 13.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 39.3 x 22.8 cm (15 1/2 x 9 in.) state of the work: I/I edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed and dated, in plate, at center left: .J.J. Tissot / 1880 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1974 opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975). title: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris opening date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00 Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013). title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Leona E. Prasse, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: ?-1974 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1974- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (1975): 62-102. page number: Mentioned: p. 101 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.258/1974.258_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.258/1974.258_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.258/1974.258_full.tif