The serious side of Whistler.(Arts)(Art)

From: The Washington Times | Date: August 9, 1998| Author: Shaw-Eagle, Joanna | Copyright information

James McNeill Whistler is best known for his 1871 "Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother," usually called "Whistler's Mother."

The flamboyant artist (1834-1903) also is famous for his lawsuit against art critic John Ruskin, who accused him of "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The trial was successful, but bankrupted Whistler.

In London, where Whistler settled in 1859, he acquired a reputation as a wit and a dandy - an...

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