Oil on canvas, 1869
About this work
James McNeill Whistler (1869) by Walter Greaves. Oil on canvas.
James McNeill Whistler
American-born painter of tonal harmonies
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the Gilded Age. He was averse to sentimentality in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo 'art for art's sake'.
