“JACQUES JOSEPH TISSOT (1836 – 1902), anglicized as JAMES TISSOT, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of fashionable, modern scenes and society life in Paris before moving to London in 1871. Tissot also painted scenes and figures from the Bible.

“In 1885, Tissot had a revival of his Catholic faith, which led him to spend the rest of his life making paintings about biblical events. Tissot returned to traditional, representational styles and narratives in his watercolors. To assist in his completion of biblical illustrations, Tissot traveled to the Middle East in 1886, 1889, and 1896 to make studies of the landscape and people. His series of 365 gouache illustrations showing the life of Christ were shown to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences, before being bought by the Brooklyn Museum in 1900.

“Tissot spent the last years of his life working on paintings of subjects from the Old Testament. Although he never completed the series, he exhibited 80 of these paintings in Paris in 1901 and engravings after them were published in 1904.”
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"God Creating the World"

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"Adam Is Tempted by Eve"

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"God's Curse"

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"Adam and Eve Driven from Paradise"

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"Cain Leading His Brother Abel Astray in Order to Kill Him"

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"Building the Ark"

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"Noah's Sacrifice"

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"Noah's Drunkenness"

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"Hagar and the Angel in the Desert"

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"Sarah Hears and Laughs"

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"The Sodomites"

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"Abraham Sees Sodom in Flames"

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"Abraham's Servant Meets Rebecca"

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"The Mess of Pottage"

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"The Meeting of Esau and Jacob"

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"Joseph Reveals His Dream to His Brethren"

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"Jacob Mourns His Son Joseph"

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"Joseph Interprets the Dreams While in Prison"

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"Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream"

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"The Glory of Joseph"

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"Jacob’s Body Is Taken to Canaan"

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"Moses Laid Amid the Flags"

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"The Jews' Passover"

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"The Gathering of the Manna"

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"Golden Calf"

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"Moses Destroys the Tables of the Ten Commandments"

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"Moses and Aaron in the Tabernacle"

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"The Brazen Serpent"

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"The Spies Escape from Jericho"

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"Crossing the Jordan"

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"Jael Shows to Barak, Sisera Lying Dead"

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"The High Priest and Hannah"

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"Saul Prophesies with the Prophets"

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"David Makes His Escape"

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"Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem"

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"Nathan Rebukes David"

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"Desolation of Tamar"

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"Solomon and His Harem"

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"The Wisdom of Solomon"

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"Solomon and the Queen of Sheba"

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"The Prophets of Baal Leap upon the Altar"

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"Elijah Bringeth Fire from Heaven"

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"Elijah Fed by the Ravens"

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"Elijah Ascends in a Chariot of Fire"

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"Mordecai's Triumph"

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"Daniel and the Wise Men"

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"In the Fiery Furnace"

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"Daniel in the Lions' Den"

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"Jonah, as in Jonah 2:10,
"And the Lord commanded the fish,
and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.""

Next time: JAMES TISSOT’S “The Life of Christ”