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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and 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 theories and his friendships with other leading artists and writers.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea
1871 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl
1864 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel
1875 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler Three Figures: Pink and Grey
1868–78 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso
1866 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights
1872
Artist as subject
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Sir William Nicholson James McNeill Whistler
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Gary Hume Whistler
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Sir Max Beerbohm Blue China
1916 -
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed 11 Elgin Avenue, London
13 April 1888 -
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed 11 Elgin Avenue, London
27 April 1887 -
Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Ethel Sands, addressed The Lodge, Entry Hill, Bath
[c.1918] -
Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Ethel Sands
[c.July–August 1915] -
Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Ethel Sands, addressed 26 Red Lion Square, London
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Ben Nicholson OM Copy of a typescript with the heading, ‘William Nicholson’
March 1967
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British impressionism
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