The Life of Christ - James Tissot

BYU Museum of Art June 18, 2025 - January 11, 2026

 

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Exhibit poster

 

 

 

Rita Wright welcomes us to her office in the MOA

 

 

 

TissotŐs illustrated bible - copy from the BYU Library

 

 

 

Signature of Joseph F. Smith in the front cover - donated to BYU by Joseph Fielding Smith

 

 

Rita Wright welcomes us to the Tissot exhibit in the BYU Museum of Art

 

 

 

Bethrothal of the Holy Virgin and Saint Joseph

 

 

         

The Magnificat

 

 

                             

The Magi Journeying

 

 

Inward Voices - Tissot paints the dream which set him on the course of painting the scriptures

 

 

Jesus  Transported to a High Mountain

 

 

Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

 

 

Jesus Carried to the Pinnacle of the Temple

 

 

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Jesus Minstered to by Angels

 

 

                             

Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue

 

 

                                   

The Good Shepherd

 

 

The Procession in the Streets of Jerusalem

 

 

The Voice From On High

 

 

               

Jerusalem, Jerusalem

 

 

Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod

 

 

The Last Supper - Judas Dipping His Hand in the Dish

 

 

The Washing of the Feet

 

 

The Communion of the Apostles

 

 

The Scourging on the Front

 

 

                 

The Crowning With Thorns

 

 

                 

Jesus Meets His Mother

                                                                                                                                              

 

A Holy Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus

 

 

The Holy Face

 

 

The First Nail

 

 

The Raising of the Cross

 

 

What Our Lord Saw From the Cross

 

 

Stabat Mater - Woman Behold Thy Son

 

 

                     

The Dead Appear in the Temple

 

 

                     

Noli Me Tangere - Touch Me Not

 

 

             

The Ascension as Seen from the Mount of Olives

 

 

      

Portrait of the Pilgrim

 

 

Thanks to Rita Wright of the BYU Museum of Art