Author: James McNeill Whistler
Alternate names: James Abbott McNeill Whistler; James Whistler; James Mcne Whistler; WHISTLER JAMES MC NE; James McNeill " "Whistler; James MacNeill Whistler; James McNeil Whistler
Born: 10 July 1834
Died: 17 July 1903
Bio: 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" (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abbott_McNeill_Whistler>Wikipedia</a>).