The Shop Girl
James Tissot · 1883
Why it's great
A young woman stands in a London shop doorway, with a bundle in her arms, as shoppers pass outside. Tissot painted the busy life of the city's department stores. It's a picture of working women of the day. It shows what the city was like.
Where to see it
📍 Art Gallery of OntarioToronto, Canada
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Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
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James Tissot was born in Nantes, France, and moved to London, where he painted fashionable scenes of Victorian life. Later he traveled to the Holy Land and made a famous series of illustrations of the Bible. He was a very successful artist. He died in France in 1902.
