The woman in Chrysanthemums is almost overwhelmed by the brilliant blooms surrounding her. She has rolled up her sleeves to adjust a pot, her blurred features suggesting we have caught a glimpse of her in motion. Tissot staged this scene in the conservatory attached to his studio, a glass panel of which is visible in the…
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James Tissot: Waiting (In the Shallows)
Early Success in London At the 1874 Royal Academy exhibition in London, French-born painter James Tissot has three paintings on display, including one titled ‘Waiting‘, or ‘In the Shallows‘. Fans of Tissot’s earlier works will immediately recognize this setting with a “mature chestnut tree overhanging a pool,” (Christie’s) Painted at the height of James Tissot’s…
So Who Mothers the Mothers? by Joanna Penn Cooper
Joanna Penn Cooper, writing in Image Journal, paints a poignant picture of the community of women :
“I think about the private nature of women’s stories of their own suffering, how they are shared at kitchen tables and in late-night phone calls,
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 