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James Abbott McNeill Whistler: (1834–1903)
Later Years
After the trial, Whistler received a commission to do twelve etchings in Venice. He eagerly accepted the assignment, and arrived in the city with girlfriend Maud, taking rooms in a dilapidated palazzo they shared with other artists, including John Singer Sargent.[85] Although homesick for London, he adapted to Venice and set about discovering its character. He did his best to distract himself from the gloom of his financial affairs and the pending sale of all his goods at Sotheby's. He was a regular guest at parties at the American consulate, and with his usual wit, enchanted the guests with verbal flourishes such as "the artist's only positive virtue is idleness—and there are so few who are gifted at it.
His new friends reported, on the contrary, that Whistler rose early and put in a full day of effort. He wrote to a friend, "I have learned to know a Venice in Venice that the others never seem to have perc
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James McNeill Whistler
American painter (1834–1903)
James McNeill Whistler | |
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Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter | |
| Born | July 10, 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 17, 1903(1903-07-17) (aged 69) London, England, UK |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Whistler's Mother |
| Movement | Founder of Tonalism |
| Spouse | Beatrice Godwin (m. 1888; died 1896) |
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James Abbott McNeill WhistlerRBA (; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in o
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James McNeill Whistler participated in the artistic ferment of Paris and London in the late nineteenth century, crafted a distinctive style from diverse sources, and arrived at a version of Post-Impressionism in the mid-1860s, a time when most of his contemporaries in the avant-garde were still exploring Realism and Impressionism. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Whistler spent part of his youth in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where his father, a civil engineer, advised on the construction of the railroad to Moscow, and Whistler took drawing classes at the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Upon his return home, Whistler entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied drawing with Robert W. Weir but had less success in other subjects; his failure in chemistry led to his dismissal from the academy in 1854. After working in the drawings division of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, where he received his first training in etching, Whistler—already fluent in Fren