James McNeill Whistler

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American expatriate in the United Kingdom landscape painter painter person portrait painter printmaker

James McNeill Whistler was an influential American-born, British-based painter and printmaker of the late 19th century, best known for his subtle tonal compositions such as "Whistler's Mother."

Aliases (2)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler ×5
J. M. Whistler ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American expatriate in the United Kingdom → landscape painter → painter → person → portrait painter → printmaker →
artisticPhilosophy	art for art's sake →
birthDate	1834-07-11 →
birthPlace	Lowell, Massachusetts, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1903-07-17 →
deathPlace	London, England, United Kingdom →
educatedAt	United States Military Academy at West Point →
familyName	Whistler →
fieldOfWork	etching → lithography → painting →
fullName	James Abbott McNeill Whistler →
genre	cityscape → marine art → portrait →
givenName	James →
influenced	Aesthetic movement artists → Aubrey Beardsley → John Singer Sargent →
influencedBy	Diego Velázquez → Gustave Courbet → Japanese art →
knownFor	innovative etchings and prints → legal dispute with John Ruskin → subtle tonal harmonies in painting →
language	English →
movement	Aestheticism → Tonalism →
notableWork	Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 → Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket → Peacock Room → Portrait of the Artist's Mother → Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl → Whistler's Mother →
relative	Anna McNeill Whistler →
residence	London, England, United Kingdom →
signatureStyle	use of musical terms in titles such as 'Arrangement', 'Nocturne', and 'Symphony' →
spouse	Beatrice Whistler →
studiedAt	École Impériale et Spéciale de Dessin (Paris) →
subjectOf	Ruskin v. Whistler libel case →
workedIn	London, England, United Kingdom → Paris, France →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fernand Khnopff → John White Alexander ("James Abbott McNeill Whistler") → Walter Sickert ("James Abbott McNeill Whistler") →	influencedBy
J. M. W. Turner ("J. M. Whistler") → Utagawa Hiroshige →	influenced
Whistler's Mother →	artist
Whistler's Mother →	creator
Grosvenor Gallery →	exhibitedWorkBy
James McNeill Whistler ("James Abbott McNeill Whistler") →	fullName
Frick Collection →	hasCollectionItemBy
Glasgow School of Art →	hasNotableAlumni
Aestheticism →	notableProponent
Carnegie Prize ("James Abbott McNeill Whistler") →	notableRecipient
Walter Sickert ("James Abbott McNeill Whistler") →	trainedUnder