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James Abbott McNeill Whistler RBA (/ ˈ w ɪ s l ər /; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
James McNeill Whistler (born July 11, 1834, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.—died July 17, 1903, London, England) was an American-born artist noted for his paintings of nocturnal London, for his striking and stylistically advanced full-length portraits, and for his brilliant etchings and lithographs.
Learn about the life and work of James McNeill Whistler, an American painter who participated in the artistic ferment of Paris and London in the late nineteenth century. Explore his distinctive style, influenced by diverse sources, and his contributions to Post-Impressionism, Aestheticism, and printmaking.
Biography. James Abbott Whistler was born in in 1834 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the third son of West Point graduate and civil engineer Major George Washington Whistler, and his second wife Anna Matilda McNeill.
Learn about the life and achievements of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, a pioneer of modern art and a forerunner of Post-Impressionism. Explore his innovative painting style, his advocacy of "art for art's sake", and his influence of Japanese aesthetics.
- American-British
- July 11, 1834
- Lowell, Massachusetts
- July 17, 1903
Learn about the life and career of the American-born artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 – 1903), who was a pioneer of abstraction and a controversial figure in the 19th-century art world. Explore his etchings, paintings, watercolours and decorative panels from the V&A collection.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in the industrial town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Inducted into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he accumulated so many demerits that he became a sore trial to the then-commandant Major Robert E. Lee.
