Japanese Girl Bathing
| Japanese Girl Bathing | |
|---|---|
| Artist | James Tissot |
| Year | 1864 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 208 cm × 124 cm (82 in × 49 in) |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon |
Japanese Girl Bathing (French: La Japonaise au bain) is an 1864 nude oil painting by the French artist James Tissot featuring a young Japanese woman bathing.[1] The work was part of the nineteenth century tradition of Orientalism. Tissot, who never visited Japan, painted a French model in his Parisian studio draped in a kimono. However, she wears it more like a European bathrobe.[2] The theme of Japanese objects is a recurring theme in his work of this period.[3]
Today the painting is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, having been acquired in 1913.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Yamaguchi p.16
- ^ https://musees.dijon.fr/artworks/japonaise-au-bain/
- ^ Marshall & Warner p.44
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/00000077690
Bibliography
- Marshall, Nancy Rose & Warner, Malcolm. James Tissot: Victorian Life, Modern Love. Yale University Press, 1999.
- Yamaguchi, Arisa. Sartorial Japonisme and the Experience of Kimonos in Britain, 1865-1914. Taylor & Francis, 2023.