Who painted “Whistler's Mother”?

“Whistler's Mother” was painted by James McNeill Whistler in 1871. Where to see it: Musée d'Orsay.

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James McNeill Whistler: muted, harmonious tones, almost musical compositions called nocturnes or arrangements, and soft, misty atmosphere.

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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