"Tissot: Victorian Life Modern Love "
1999-12-15 until 2000-03-12
Musee du Quebec
Quebec City, , CA Canada

This winter, come celebrate the beauties of modern life at the turn of the 19th century with the spectacular works of French painter James Tissot (1836-1902). Québec City is the only Canadian city to host this magnificent retrospective featuring no less than 40 canvases, 27 prints and 20 watercolours and gouaches taken from major private and institutional collections, including those of the Musée dOrsay in Paris and Tate Gallery in London.

James Tissot is undeniably one of the late 19th centurys most talented artists, who has been enthusiastically rediscovered by European and American art-lovers beginning in the late 1960s. The artist enjoyed a brilliant career, both in Paris and London, where he was a privileged observer of well-to-do middle-class city life. His works are remarkable from many viewpoints: their rich colours, detailed execution and breathtaking realism.

Organized by The American Federation of Arts and the Yale Center for British Art, the exhibition has received funding from the Federal Council of the Arts and the Humanities and is sponsored by the Benefactors Circle of the AFA.

Presentation of the Tissot. Victorian Life/Modern Love exhibition in Québec City has been made possible by grants from the Fonds de diversification de léconomie de la capitale and the Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec.

Related Links:

Indepth Arts Resources for Canada

Other Important Exhibitions in Canada