James McNeill Whistler

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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."

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James McNeill Whistler canonical 45
James Abbott McNeill Whistler 6
J. M. Whistler 2

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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
surface form: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1903-07-17
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
educatedAt United States Military Academy
surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point
familyName Whistler
fieldOfWork etching
lithography
painting
fullName James McNeill Whistler self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
signatureStyle use of musical terms in titles such as 'Arrangement', 'Nocturne', and 'Symphony'
spouse Beatrice Whistler
studiedAt École des Beaux-Arts
surface form: École Impériale et Spéciale de Dessin (Paris)
subjectOf Ruskin v. Whistler libel case
workedIn London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom

Paris
surface form: Paris, France

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Battersea Bridge hasArtisticDepictionBy James McNeill Whistler
Japanese prints (Japonisme) influencedArtist James McNeill Whistler
Gretchen Morgan associatedWith James McNeill Whistler
this entity surface form: James Whistler
Gwen John influencedBy James McNeill Whistler