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James McNeill Whistler – Né sous une étoile errante
Whistler surgit à un moment crucial de l'histoire de l'art et il joue un rôle de précurseur. Il a, comme les Impressionnistes, la volonté d'imposer ses idées.
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James McNeill Whistler – Geboren unter einem wandernden Stern
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) debütierte in der Kunstszene in einem entscheidenden Moment der Kunstgeschichte und wurde zu einer Pionierfigur. Während die Impressionisten den Inbegriff der Avantgarde verkörpern, erreichen Whistlers Gemälde ein Abstraktionsniveau, das vor ihm noch nie erreicht wurde.
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James McNeill Whistler – Born under a wandering star
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) made his debut on the artistic scene at a decisive moment in the history of art and became a pioneering figure. Whilst the impressionists were embodying the epitome of the avant-garde, Whistler’s paintings reached a level of abstraction that had not yet been achieved.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – There is more to Whistler than his Mother…
I am sure that the first thing anyone thinks of when they hear the name James Abbott McNeill Whistler is the dower painting of his Mother. The muted pallet and stern setting of the piece along with the initial reaction to its original name made this a sure-fire masterpiece, but ask most people to name another piece by Whistler and they probably can’t. Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1834 to Anna and George Whistler. He lived his first 3 years in a house which has now become “Whistler’s House Museum of Art”, dedicated to his artwork. In 1837 they moved to Stonington, Connecticut so that his father could…
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