1880
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Hammock is a 1880 by James Tissot, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A woman lounges in a hammock, lost in a book. Sunlight filters through leaves, dappling her dress and the grass below. The scene feels quiet, like a stolen moment. This etching is based on a painting Tissot made the year before. It shows Kathleen Newton, his frequent model and companion. She was a British divorcee, rare for the time, which added tension to their life together. The print softens details but keeps the warmth. Look up *impasto* to see how other artists built texture with thick paint.
This etching depicts Kathleen Newton, a British divorcee who frequently modeled for the French artist James Tissot during the 1870s, while he lived in London. Based on a painting of the previous year, the print shows Newton reclining on a tasseled hammock in the artist’s own garden, engrossed in a novel. Tissot reinterpreted many of his paintings as etchings, inspired by a revived interest in the medium.
The inscription on this print, in Tissot’s handwriting, indicated that work on his printing plate was complete.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jacques Joseph Tissot (French: ; 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot (UK: TISS-oh, US: tee-SOH), was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.
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