Melissa E. Buron

I’ve seen this exhibit at one of my local museums (I might try to go back one more time before it closes next week) and loved it. This exhibit catalogue is good and it’s fun to revisit some of my favorite paintings. I skimmed a lot of the essays but what I did read was interesting. This painter’s style completely changed, that and the subject matter of his paintings. I adore his early work and don’t much like his later stuff, but that is just personal taste. While I don’t enjoy his later religious paintings I found his entire life journey interesting and appreciated seeing how his life experiences influenced what he painted. He was an interesting painter and man and led an interesting life, and studying him helped me better understand the art and artists of his time.

I love so many of his paintings including

Spring https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-tissot/spring

and

Chrysanthemum https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-tissot/chrysanthemums

I also particularly like his self portraits and the paintings he did of his lover Kathleen Newton and her children, and the dogs with their people. His scenery is often also wonderful. I’m not a huge fan of fashion but I didn’t want to stop looking at some of the dresses he painted.

4-1/2 stars… (mehr)