Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly (Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute)
by Marc Simpson
from Yale University Press
Whistler's Mother: An American Icon
from Lund Humphries Publishers
Whistler Landscapes and Seascapes: Landscapes and Seascapes (Watson-Guptill Famous Artists)
by Donald Holden
from Watson-Guptill Publications
Etchings of James McNeill Whistler (Dover Books on Fine Art)
by James McNeill Whistler
from Dover Publications
Whistler's Venice (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis)
by Alastair Grieve
from Paul Mellon Center BA
Planning only a brief stay in Venice in 1879, Whistler found himself enchanted by the city's beauty and remained for more than a year. This lovely book is the first to follow Whistler's progress throughout Venice as he produced fifty etchings, a few oils, and a remarkable group of one hundred pastels. Alongside each of his evocative portraits of the city are photographs of the actual site. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting
by Linda Merrill
from Yale University Press
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) left the United States for Europe at the age of twenty-one, never to return, and his style developed independently of American art currents. Nonetheless, he left an indelible mark on the art of his native land, for his modernist aesthetic influenced the work of a generation of American painters. This beautifully illustrated book-published to commemorate the centenary of the artist's death-addresses Whistler's extraordinary legacy and establishes his pivotal place in the history of American art. After Whistler juxtaposes fourteen of the artist's most important works with an array of pictures by thirty-eight other American painters-including Henry Ossawa Tanner, William Merritt Chase, and John Singer Sargent-to demonstrate how Whistler's American contemporaries were affected by his techniques, color palette, compositions, and subject matter. The introduction to the book provides an overview of Whistler's association with American artists and the reception of his work in the United States. The essays that follow discuss Whistler's Venetian sojourn and its effect on the American artists who flocked to that city; his relationship with Philadelphia's art community; the Whistler Memorial Exhibition held in Boston in 1904; and much more. This insightful volume is essential reading for anyone interested in American art and Whistler's role in its history.
James Whistler: Le Peintre Et Le Polemiste (1834-1903)
by Isabelle Enaud Lechien
from Art Creation Realisation
Whistler on Art
from Carcanet Press Ltd.
James McNeill Whistler (Todtri Art)
by Lisa N. Peters
from New Line Books
Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.
James McNeill Whistler was a rebel, dandy, wit, eccentric, and above all, an extraordinary artist. Here is a stunning visual portrait that traces the artist's career from early works to late, minimalist paintings.
Whistler & Montesquiou
by Edgar Munhall
from Flammarion
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