FRENCH LANGUAGE James Tissot (1836-1902) was a virtuoso painter whose elegance quickly spread beyond the borders of France. A native of Nantes, a companion of the Impressionists - Degas, Manet and Whistler were among his friends - Tissot was trained at the Beaux-Arts in Paris before moving to England, his chosen country from the 1870s onwards. It was in London that his talents as a worldly portrait painter blossomed, encouraged by the Royal Academy. His dandyism naturally responded to the sophisticated charm of British high society, and his taste for observation seduced the press of the time
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