James McNeill Whistler

1834–1903 · United States

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". Wikipedia

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Muted, harmonious tones, almost musical compositions called nocturnes or arrangements, and soft, misty atmosphere.

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Works

“Whistler's Mother”, 1871 — Musée d'Orsay
“Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket”, 1875 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl”, 1861–1863
“Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge”, 1872 — National Gallery
“Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl”, 1864 — National Gallery
“The Peacock Room”, 1876–1877 — Freer Gallery of Art
“The Princess from the Land of Porcelain”, 1864 — Freer Gallery of Art
“Symphony in White, No. 3”, 1866 — Barber Institute of Fine Arts
“Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea”, 1871 — Tate
“Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle”, 1873 — Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
“Portrait of Lady Meux”
“Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian”, 1888–1900
“The Thames in Ice”, 1860 — Freer Gallery of Art
“Sea and Rain”, 1865 — University of Michigan Museum of Art
“Battersea Reach”, 1863 — Corcoran Gallery of Art
“The Last of Old Westminster”, 1862 — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“Variations in Flesh Colour and Green—The Balcony”, 1864 — Freer Gallery of Art
“The Blue Wave, Biarritz”, 1862 — Hill-Stead Museum
“Chelsea in Ice”, 1864 — Colby College Museum of Art
“Valparaiso Harbor”, 1866 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy”, 1894 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander”, 1873 — National Gallery
“Violet and Silver - The Deep Sea”, 1893 — Art Institute of Chicago
“The Artist in His Studio”, 1865 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach”, 1863 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Charles Lang Freer”, 1902 — Freer Gallery of Art
“Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room”, 1860 — Freer Gallery of Art
“Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder”, 1876–1878 — Frick Collection
“Harmony in Blue and Pearl: The Sands, Dieppe”, 1885 — National Gallery of Australia
“Île de la Cité, Paris”, 1859 — Yale Center for British Art
“Miss Florence Leyland”, 1873 — Portland Museum of Art
“Nocturne in Blue and Silver”, 1871 — Fogg Museum
“A White Note”, 1862 — Colby College Museum of Art
“Nocturne: Grey and Silver – Chelsea Embankment, Winter”, 1879 — Freer Gallery of Art
“Arrangement in Yellow and Gray: Effie Deans”, 1876 — Rijksmuseum
“Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter”, 1872 — Detroit Institute of Arts
“Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac”, 1891 — Frick Collection
“Note in Rose and Silver - Dordrecht”, 1884 — Colby College Museum of Art
“Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland”, 1872 — Frick Collection
“At the Piano”, 1859 — Taft Museum of Art