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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James Mcneill Whistler Grand Canal Amsterdam oil painting


Grand Canal Amsterdam
mk177 1883-84 watercolor on paper 8x11in
Painting ID::  44791
James Mcneill Whistler
Grand Canal Amsterdam
mk177 1883-84 watercolor on paper 8x11in
   
   
     

James Mcneill Whistler Arrangement in Grau  und Schwarz oil painting


Arrangement in Grau und Schwarz
mk181 1872 Paris Musee du Louvre
Painting ID::  45376
James Mcneill Whistler
Arrangement in Grau und Schwarz
mk181 1872 Paris Musee du Louvre
   
   
     

James Mcneill Whistler Peacock Room fron the Frederic Leyland House oil painting


Peacock Room fron the Frederic Leyland House
mk229 1876 Washington D C
Painting ID::  53315
James Mcneill Whistler
Peacock Room fron the Frederic Leyland House
mk229 1876 Washington D C
   
   
     

James Mcneill Whistler Nocturne in blatte and gold oil painting


Nocturne in blatte and gold
mk234 1872-75 68x50cm
Painting ID::  53911
James Mcneill Whistler
Nocturne in blatte and gold
mk234 1872-75 68x50cm
   
   
     

James Mcneill Whistler The girl in white oil painting


The girl in white
mk234 1862 213x108cm
Painting ID::  53912
James Mcneill Whistler
The girl in white
mk234 1862 213x108cm
   
   
     

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     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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