The Ball
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- RF 2253
Imens i livet hos James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Hele livet1869–1876
Employed by: Vanity Fair
1871–1882 · Virkested
London
1875 or 1876
Meets Kathleen Newton
In 1875 or 1876 Tissot met Kathleen Newton, an Irish divorcee who became his companion and the sitter for dozens of his paintings and studies. Their relationship quickly became intimate.
1876 · Virkested
Ramsgate
1877
Kathleen moves in with Tissot
In 1877 Kathleen Newton moved into Tissot's house. His Catholic faith did not recognise her divorce, but they lived openly as husband and wife (the servants called her “Madame Tissot”), and Tissot later called these years the happiest of his life: he could be a family man, and her children often visited.
c. 1880 – 1881
Kathleen falls ill with tuberculosis
Around 1880–1881 Kathleen contracted tuberculosis, and Tissot painted her sitting well wrapped outdoors, as fresh air was thought to cure. In 1877–1881 he had painted travels along the Thames, to the south coast and to Paris, but more often Kathleen reading in the garden or surrounded by children.
