Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl

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oil painting painting

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl is an 1860s oil painting by James McNeill Whistler that portrays a young woman in a white dress and is celebrated as a key work in the development of aestheticism in art.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl canonical	2
Symphony in White	1
Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl	1
Symphony in White, No. 3	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The White Girl ⓘ
collection	National Gallery of Art ⓘ surface form: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
colorPalette	predominantly white tones ⓘ
copyrightStatus	public domain ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
depicts	Joanna Hiffernan ⓘ a curtain with floral pattern ⓘ a lily held by the woman ⓘ a woman standing on a bearskin rug ⓘ a young woman in a white dress ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Royal Academy summer exhibition ⓘ surface form: Royal Academy (submitted, rejected) 1863 Salon des Refusés ⓘ surface form: Salon des Refusés
followedBy	Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Symphony in White, No. 3
follows	none ⓘ
genre	Aestheticism ⓘ
hasPart	animal-skin rug ⓘ full-length female figure ⓘ white curtain background ⓘ
hasTheme	aestheticism ⓘ ambiguity of narrative ⓘ
inception	1862 ⓘ
influenced	development of the Aesthetic movement ⓘ
inspiredBy	interest in musical analogies in painting ⓘ
languageOfWork	none (visual artwork) ⓘ
location	National Gallery of Art ⓘ
medium	oil on canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
model	Joanna Hiffernan ⓘ
movement	Aesthetic movement ⓘ Realism ⓘ early Impressionism (contextual influence) ⓘ
notableFor	emphasis on formal harmony over narrative content ⓘ exploration of tonal harmony in white ⓘ
partOf	collection of 19th-century European and American art at the National Gallery of Art ⓘ
series	Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Symphony in White
significantEvent	exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in 1863 ⓘ rejected by the Royal Academy exhibition of 1862 ⓘ
subjectMatter	exploration of color and form ⓘ female figure ⓘ
title	Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James McNeill Whistler → notableWork → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl ⓘ

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl → title → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-link ⓘ

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl → series → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Symphony in White

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl → followedBy → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl → followedBy → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Symphony in White, No. 3