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James Mcneill Whistler
American Painter and Printmaker, 1834-1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler's deft brushwork and mighty ego made him one of London's best-known painters in the second half of the 1800s. Born in Massachusetts, Whistler spent most of his adult life in England and France, in an era when an American artist in Europe was something of a rarity. He specialized in landscapes and (especially later in his career) portraits; stylistically he is often linked with Claude Monet and August Renoir, though he was not exactly part of the Impressionist movement. His etchings also are highly regarded. Witty, cranky and a bit of a devil, Whistler was a regular gadabout in British society. He had a famous long-running feud with the playwright Oscar Wilde, each of them trying to outwit the other with cutting public remarks. Some critics of the era considered Whistler's work to be smudgy and too radical; after viewing Whistler's 1875 study of fireworks over the Thames, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket, John Ruskin wrote: "I have seen, and heard, much of cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Whistler successfully sued Ruskin for libel but was awarded only a farthing in damages,
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Trouville
mk142
1865
Oil on canvas
49.5x75.5cm
Painting ID:: 38980
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Trouville
mk142
1865
Oil on canvas
49.5x75.5cm
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Brown and Silver Old Battersea Bridge
mk146
1859-63
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 39296
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Brown_and_Silver_Old_Battersea_Bridge
mk146
1859-63
Oil on canvas
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The Little White Girl Symphony in White no.2 1864
mk147
Tate Gallery,London
Painting ID:: 39316
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The_Little_White_Girl_Symphony_in_White_no.2_1864
mk147
Tate Gallery,London
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Whistler-s passion for all things oriental is presented here in his the princess from the Land of Porcelain
mk177
Painting ID:: 44779
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Whistler-s_passion_for_all_things_oriental_is_presented_here_in_his_the_princess_from_the_Land_of_Porcelain
mk177
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Self-Portrait
mk177
Arrangerment in Grap
Painting ID:: 44782
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Self-Portrait
mk177
Arrangerment in Grap
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James_Mcneill_Whistler
American Painter and Printmaker, 1834-1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler's deft brushwork and mighty ego made him one of London's best-known painters in the second half of the 1800s. Born in Massachusetts, Whistler spent most of his adult life in England and France, in an era when an American artist in Europe was something of a rarity. He specialized in landscapes and (especially later in his career) portraits; stylistically he is often linked with Claude Monet and August Renoir, though he was not exactly part of the Impressionist movement. His etchings also are highly regarded. Witty, cranky and a bit of a devil, Whistler was a regular gadabout in British society. He had a famous long-running feud with the playwright Oscar Wilde, each of them trying to outwit the other with cutting public remarks. Some critics of the era considered Whistler's work to be smudgy and too radical; after viewing Whistler's 1875 study of fireworks over the Thames, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket, John Ruskin wrote: "I have seen, and heard, much of cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Whistler successfully sued Ruskin for libel but was awarded only a farthing in damages,
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