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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter 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 theories and his friendships with other leading artists and writers.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge
c.1872–5 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl
1864 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights
1872 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso
1866 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Miss Agnes Mary Alexander
c.1873 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Three Figures: Pink and Grey
1868–78 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea
1871 -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler The Priest’s Lodging, Dieppe
1897
Artist as subject
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Sir Max Beerbohm Blue China
1916 -
Sir William Nicholson James McNeill Whistler
1899 -
Gary Hume Whistler
1998 -
Ben Nicholson OM Copy of a typescript with the heading, ‘William Nicholson’
March 1967 -
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed 11 Elgin Avenue, London
27 April 1887 -
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed 11 Elgin Avenue, London
13 April 1888 -
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
[August–September 1915] -
Walter Richard Sickert, recipient: Ethel Sands Letter from Walter Sickert to Ethel Sands, addressed The Lodge, Entry Hill, Bath
[c.1918]
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