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James McNeill Whistler, Portrait of the Artist's Mother
James McNeill Whistler - Portrait of the Artist's Mother - Art Prints and Posters
James McNeill Whistler
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
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image size: 7 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
item no: 30209
item type: Fine Art Lithograph
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James McNeill Whistler Biography
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834–1903, American painter, etcher, wit, and eccentric, b. Lowell, Mass. Whistler was dismissed from West Point for insufficient knowledge of chemistry and from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, where he had learned etching and map engraving, for erratic attendance. In 1855 he went to Paris, where he acquired a lifelong appreciation for the works of Velázquez and for Asian art, particularly the Japanese print. From these sources he developed a delicate sense of color and design evident in most of his mature works. His early work was largely inspired by the realism of Courbet. Settling in London in 1859, Whistler became known as an etcher, a wit, and a dandy. The Little White Girl (National Gall., Washington, D.C.) brought him his first major success in the Salon des Refusés (1863).

To advertise and defend his credo of art for art's sake, Whistler resorted to elaborate exhibits, lectures,... [View Full Biography]

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