Jean-Baptiste-Ange Tissier (6 March 1814, in
Paris
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– 4 April 1876, in
Nice
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) was a French painter in the
Romantic style. He was primarily a portraitist and was an official artist of the
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.
Biography
His parents were originally from
Soissons
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. He began his education there, then continued at the Minor Seminary in
Laon
Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
History
Early history
The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...
. In 1835, he worked in the studios of
Ary Scheffer
Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was als ...
and
Paul Delaroche
Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche (17 July 1797 – 4 November 1856) was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting historical scenes. He became famous in Europe for his melodramatic depictions that often portrayed subjects from English ...
while taking classes at the
École des Beaux-arts
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.
He exhibited several portraits at the
Salon
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in 1838 and continued to have showings there on a regular basis throughout his life. Many of his works were purchased by the government. They received awards in 1845 (Third Class Medal), 1847 and 1848 (Second Class Medal), 1855 (Third Class) and 1861 (Second Class). In 1852, along with
Charles Landelle and
Jean Gigoux
Jean François Gigoux (6 January 1806, Besançon – 11 December 1894, Paris) was a French painter, lithographer, illustrator and art collector.
Biography
His father, Claude Étienne Gigoux, was a blacksmith, originally from Seveux (Haute-Saô ...
, he decorated the waiting rooms for the "Court of Auditors" and the "Council of State" at Orsay Palace (now the
Musée d'Orsay
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).
In 1861, in addition to the portraits, he presented one of his best known works; a depiction of
Napoleon III
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greeting
Emir Abdelkader
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at the
Château d'Amboise
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(now displayed at
Versailles
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). In 1866, he once again presented a scene with Napoleon III, this time approving plans for the
Louvre
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submitted by
Louis Visconti
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Life
Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Pari ...
(also now at Versailles). In 1867, he was decorated with the
Legion of Honor
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.
Listing
@ the Base Léonore
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The National Ord ...
.
He also served as an art teacher. Under the Second Empire, most of his students were women, notably the Scandinavians Amalia Lindegren, and Marie Aarestrup
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; the American Elizabeth Jane Gardner
Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau (October 4, 1837 – January 28, 1922) was an American academic and salon painter, who was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. She was an American expatriate who died in Paris where she had lived most of her life. ...
and the Peruvian . Inexplicably, none of his French students, male or female, are now remembered.
References
External links
Biography
from the ''Dictionnaire de biographie contemporaine française et étrangère'' @ Google Books
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1814 births
1876 deaths
19th-century French painters
French history painters
Recipients of the Legion of Honour