Watch curator Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and painting conservator Rebecca Hellen discuss and conserve Tissot's Portrait 1876 in this Facebook Live recording
Conservator Rebecca Hellen is in the process of removing old yellow varnish from James Tissot's Portrait 1876 in order to restore the transparacy of woman's white dress. This painting, Holyday c. 1876 and The Gallery of HMS Calcutta (Portsmouth) c. 1876 will be on display in The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London, French Artists in Exile (1870 – 1904).
The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London, French Artists in Exile (1870 – 1904) is on at Tate Britain 2 November 2017 – 7 May 2018.
We explore the lives and careers of French artists on this side of the English Channel
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The story of the artists who fled to Britain to escape war in France
Impressionism developed in France in the nineteenth century and is based on the practice of painting out of doors and spontaneously ‘on the spot’ rather than in a studio from sketches. Main impressionist subjects were landscapes and scenes of everyday life
