American Mona Lisa

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nickname

The "American Mona Lisa" is a popular nickname for James McNeill Whistler’s iconic 1871 painting "Whistler’s Mother," renowned for its austere portrayal of the artist’s mother and its status as a symbol of American art.

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Label Occurrences
American Mona Lisa canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
appliedToWorkBy James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
appliedToWorkCreatedInYear 1871 ⓘ
appliedToWorkCurrentLocation Musée d'Orsay ⓘ
surface form: Musée d’Orsay
appliedToWorkCurrentLocationCity Paris ⓘ
appliedToWorkCurrentLocationCountry France ⓘ
appliedToWorkMedium oil on canvas ⓘ
associatedWithArtist James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
associatedWithArtistNationality American ⓘ
associatedWithArtMovement Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
surface form: Aesthetic movement

Realism ⓘ
associatedWithGenre portrait painting ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod 19th-century art ⓘ
associatedWithSubject Whistler's Mother ⓘ
surface form: Whistler’s mother
associatedWithTheme austerity ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
maternal devotion ⓘ
connotation canonical masterpiece of American art history ⓘ
national artistic pride ⓘ
countryOfCulturalAssociation United States of America ⓘ
hasReputationAs iconic American painting nickname ⓘ
symbol of American art ⓘ
nicknameModelledOn Mona Lisa ⓘ
surface form: La Gioconda

Mona Lisa ⓘ
reasonForNickname austere iconic portrayal of sitter ⓘ
cultural fame comparable to Mona Lisa ⓘ
refersTo Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 ⓘ
Whistler's Mother ⓘ
surface form: Whistler’s Mother
usedInContext art criticism ⓘ
museum promotion ⓘ
popular media ⓘ

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Whistler's Mother → nickname → American Mona Lisa ⓘ