| The Two Sisters | |
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| Artist | James Tissot |
| Year | 1863 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 210 cm× 136 cm(83 in× 54 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
The Two Sisters (French: Les deux soeurs) is an 1863 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot. [1] It features two sisters, the elder holding a parasol, who look as if they have been surprised while taking a stroll in the woods. It drew inspiration from Gustave Courbet's 1857 painting Young Ladies Beside the Seine . The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1864 in Paris, where it caused a degree of controversy partly because it was produced en plein air. [2] The same model featured in both this and his other submission to the Salon Portrait of Mademoiselle L.L.. [3] Today it is in the city's Musée d'Orsay, having been acquired in 1904. [4] [5]
