James McNeil Whistler

1834
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter (self portrait, c. 1872), Detroit Institute of Arts
Born	July 11, 1834Lowell, Massachusetts
Died	July 17, 1903 (aged 69) London, England
Nationality	American
Field	Painting
Training	United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Movement	Founder of Tonalism
Works	Whistler's Mother
Influenced by	Robert W. Weir
Influenced	Tonalists American Impressionists William Merritt Chase John Singer Sargent
Awards	1884, elected honorary member,Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Bavaria, Germany; 1892, made an officer of theLégion d'honneur, France; 1898, charter member and first president of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, & Gravers

Portretul lui Whistler cu palarie (1858), Freer Galeria de Arta, Washington, DC

Aranjament în gri şi negru: Mama artistului(1871), cunoscută popular ca mama lui Whistler , Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Simfonia în alb, No. 1: White Girl (1862), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Mother of pearl and silver: The Andalusian (1888-1900), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Arrangement in Pink, Red and Purple , 1883-1884, Cincinnati Art Museum ,Cincinnati, Ohio 

Etching of Whistler's beloved, Joanna Hiffernan (c.1860)

"La pian", prima lucrare a lui Whistler majora, reflectă mediul burghez în care el a fost ridicat.

Portretul Doamnei Meux

Nocturne în negru şi auriu: Racheta Falling (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts

Whistler by William Merritt Chase , 1885.

Onoruri

Whistler achieved worldwide recognition during his lifetime:

1884, elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

1892, made an officer of the Légion d'honneur in France 

1898, became a charter member and first president, International Society of Sculptors, Painters, & Gravers