Joanna Hiffernan

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Joanna Hiffernan was an Irish-born artists’ model and muse best known for her close personal and professional relationship with painter James McNeill Whistler, who featured her in several of his major works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish person
artists’ model
human
muse
associatedWith French realist painters
James McNeill Whistler’s London circle NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement Aesthetic movement NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
depictedIn Gustave Courbet’s paintings
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl NERFINISHED
Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl NERFINISHED
Symphony in White, No. 3 NERFINISHED
Whistler’s etchings and drawings
ethnicGroup Irish
hairColor red
influenced the development of Whistler’s “Symphony in White” series
the representation of red-haired women in 19th-century art
knownAs Jo NERFINISHED
Jo Hiffernan NERFINISHED
Joanna Heffernan NERFINISHED
livedDuring Victorian era NERFINISHED
modeledFor Gustave Courbet NERFINISHED
James McNeill Whistler NERFINISHED
notableFor appearing in several major paintings by James McNeill Whistler
being the principal model of James McNeill Whistler
close personal relationship with James McNeill Whistler
professional collaboration with James McNeill Whistler
occupation artists’ model
muse
partner James McNeill Whistler NERFINISHED
relationshipToJamesMcNeillWhistler companion GENERATED
model GENERATED
muse GENERATED
residence London, England
surface form: London

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roleInArtHistory emblematic muse figure of 19th-century modern art
key model in the transition toward aestheticism in painting
sexOrGender female
subjectOf art historical studies on Whistler’s models
exhibitions about Whistler and his circle

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