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James/Jacques Joseph Tissot [1836-1902]... 

was a successful and renowned painter, recognized for his salon paintings, etchings, and depictions of Parisian and London high society. 

But at age 50, he abandoned the comfort and legacy he attained in that world, and dedicated the rest of his life's labor exclusively to manifesting the message of God's love for humanity. By the time Tissot died in 1902, around 15 years later, he had created what remains to this day the most exhaustive (and potentially the most ambitious) series of paintings ever based upon the Holy Scriptures. 

This story is about the devotion... 

of a man who was too British for the French yet too French for the British, too traditional for the Impressionists yet too modern for the Old Masters, too mystical for progressive intellectuals yet too quickly forgotten by his many Christian viewers. 

Though Tissot's works have recently become more accessible through the efforts of the Brooklyn Museum [New York] and other Tissot scholars, this page hopes to provide the most complete digital collection of the 500+ original works within Tissot's Gospel narrative, combining them into a single, accessible presentation.

Though individual pictures of the series are available in various places with various levels of quality, this may be the only complete and high quality presentation since the entire series was last on full display in the early 1900s. 

Hopefully, by making Tissot's Gospel accessible to the public once again, his original hope for the project may live on: to help the viewer witness Christ's ministry and sacrifice in our world and experience His love from a fresh perspective. 

I hope that you enjoy this fascinating and expansive devotion... 

which captivated its brilliant creator to his very death.

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