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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and 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". His signature for his paintings took the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol combined both aspects of his personality: his art is marked by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his aesthetic theories and his friendships with other leading artists and writers.
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Introduction
American painter, printmaker, and designer, active in England. He developed from the Realism of Courbet and Manet to become one of the leading members of The Aesthetic Movement and an exponent of Japonisme. He adopted non-specific or musical titles for his works the emphasis of which was often mood or the manipulation of paint across the surface, rather than the actual subject depicted. He is best know for his work "Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother" (1871), and his subsequent portraits using simple tonal colors. In 1877, his work "Nocture in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket," caused a sensation for its blatant abstract qualitites that shocked art critics. In his later life, he created an ambitious series of etchings. American painter. Comment on works: Portraits, Landscapes
Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Author, Designer, Engraver, Etcher, Lithographer, Collector, Landscapist, Painter
Names
James McNeill Whistler, James Abbott MacNeil Whistler, James Abbott Mcneill Whistler, James A. McNeill Whistler, Dzhems Mak Neĭlʹ Uistler, Whistler, J. McNeill Whistler, J. A. McN. Whistler, J. A. MacNeill Whistler, James McNeil Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, James Mac Neill Whistler, James Mc Neill Whistler, J. A. M. N. Whistler, jas. mcNeal whistler, jas. mcneil whistler, j. a. whistler, J. Mc Neill Whistler, j. mcneil whistler, J. Mc. N. Whistler, J. McN. Whistler, j. mc N. Whistler, J.Mc N. Whistler, J.M. Neill Whistler, J. M. N. Whistler, J.M.N. Whistler, James Abbott Whistler, James Mc. Neill Whistler, whistler j. mc.N., Whistler J.McN., whistler j.m.n.
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