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James McNeill Whistler

1834–1903

Gold and Brown. Self-Portrait, about 1896–1898.
Gold and Brown. Self-Portrait, about 1896–1898.

Whistler's early 1870s Nocturnes connected painting with musical ideas of arrangement. He argued for the independence of artistic form. His patrons included Chicago collector Arthur Jerome Eddy, who traveled to his Paris studio for a portrait and became a lasting friend.

Works

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water — James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy — James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill Whistler

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret — James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill Whistler

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (The Artist's Mother) — James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill Whistler

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (The Artist's Mother)

Sources

James McNeill Whistler · Gift of Edith Stuyvesant Gerry; National Gallery of Art, Washington; 1959.3.2 · Public domain (NGA Open Access) Portrait source · Licence