James whistler biography arrangement definition
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Arrangement en gris et noir n°1
Date
1871 [Peint pendant l'été 1871 dans l'atelier de Whistler, 2 Lindsey Row à Londres.]
Others accession number
Accession number
Description
huile sur toile
Dimensions
H. 144,3 ; L. 163,0 cm.
avec cadre H. 185,5 ; L. 204 cm
Inscription(s)
S.h., sur la potière, du monogramme au papillon :
Place of conservation
musée d'Orsay
1891, acquis de l'artiste par l'Etat pour le musée du Luxembourg
de 1891 à 1922, musée du Luxembourg, Paris
dem 1922 à 1925, musée ni Louvre, galerie du Jeu dem Paume, Paris
1925, attribué au musée du Louvre, Paris
de 1925 à 1986, musée du Louvre, Paris
1986, affecté au musée d'Orsay, Paris
Modality of acquisition
achat
[sans titre] - Royal Academy of Arts - Royaume-Uni, Londres, 1872, n°941
Mr Whistler's Exhibition - Flemish Gallery - Royaume-Uni, Londres, 1874, n°4
Special Exhibition of Painti
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Many are familiar with James McNeill Whistler’s portrait of his mother – officially titled Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 – which is being exhibited this summer, starting July 4, at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Given the picture’s iconic status as a symbol of motherhood, many also believe that they can guess the character, personality and life experiences of the quiet, seemingly frail, little woman sitting in that chair.
But you’d be wrong. When researching my biography of her artist son, I became so fascinated by the part she played in his life and career – and so impressed by her resilience and intelligence – that I decided to write her biography, too. The more I’ve uncovered and read, the more I’ve discovered that Whistler’s mother led no ordinary life, and ended up shattering 19th-century established roles for American wives and mothers.
Womanhood
Anna Matilda (McNeill) Whistler (1804–1881) may have been a quiet, diminutive woman, but she w
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Among history’s most inventive and influential printmakers, Whistler made nearly 500 etchings over five decades. As a gifted young draftsman, he recognized the medium’s ability to record and reproduce sketches scratched quickly into the wax coating of copper plates; as a mature artist, he immersed han själv in the complexities of etching, drypoint, and controlled inking to produce striking works of astounding subtlety.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the artist’s teenage years were divided between Saint Petersburg in Russia, where his father worked as a railroad engineer, and London, where he lived with his half-sister Deborah and her husband Francis Seymour Haden, a surgeon, avid etcher, and collector of Rembrandt. After his father’s death, Whistler returned to the United States and entered West Point Military Academy in 1851, studying art but failing chemistry and accumulating enough demerits to be expelled. A brief stint followed at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washingto