James Abbott McNeill Whistler | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler


00:01:06 1 Early life
00:01:15 1.1 New England
00:03:11 1.2 Russia and England
00:05:30 1.3 West Point
00:07:06 1.4 First job
00:08:20 1.5 Art study in France
00:10:53 1.6 London
00:12:41 2 Early career
00:15:10 3 Mature career
00:15:20 3.1 Nocturnes
00:18:15 3.2 Portraits
00:18:57 3.2.1 iWhistler's Mother/i
00:22:33 3.3 Other portraits
00:24:29 3.3.1 Technique
00:25:36 3.4 Printmaking
00:26:52 3.5 Butterfly signature and painting settings
00:27:46 3.6 iThe Peacock Room/i
00:29:49 3.7 Ruskin trial
00:34:24 4 Later years
00:46:45 5 Personal relationships
00:51:50 6 Legacy
00:55:11 7 Honors
00:55:51 8 Gallery
00:56:00 9 Auction records
00:56:36 10 See also



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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 was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality: his art is characterized 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 is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers.