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James McNeill Whistler 1834-1863
- Author
- Patrick Chaleyssin
- Narrator
- Male synthesized voice
- Publisher
- Parkstone International
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2026
- Run Time
- 5 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Patrick Chaleyssin
- Narrator
- Male synthesized voice
- Duration
- 5 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9798899560699
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Parkstone International
- Genre
- Individual artists, art monographs, History of art
Synopsis
Whistler's work can be divided into four periods. The first was a research period in which the artist was influenced by the Realism of Gustave Courbet and by Japanese art. Whistler then discovered his own originality in the Nocturnes and the Cremorne Gardens series, thereby coming into conflict with the academics who wanted a work of art to tell a story. When he painted the portrait of his mother, Whistler entitled it Arrangement in Gray and Black, and this is symbolic of his aesthetic theories.
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