Monday Morning Museum: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Portrait of James Whistler with Hat, 1858 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler – Friday 11 July 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts to Friday 17 July 1903 London, England

American Tonalist Painter and Printmaker

Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea, 1878

“In this early lithograph, Whistler drew his design directly on the stone (rather than onto transfer paper), applying washes of ink to achieve striking atmospheric effects. Whistler printed this river subject in 1878, the year in which his libel case against the art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900)—involving Ruskin's attack on one of Whistler's painted "Nocturnes"—was heard. Although Whistler won the case, the court costs forced him to declare bankruptcy in the following year.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Next Monday’s Artist – Rembrandt Peale

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