Oil on paper mounted on panel, 1865
About this work
The Artist in His Studio (1865–66) by James McNeill Whistler. Oil on paper mounted on panel.
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'.