[PDF] The Art Of Mr Whistler eBook

Author : Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300203462

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A biography of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) that dispels the popular notion of Whistler as merely a combative, eccentric and unrelenting publicity seeker, a man as renowned for his public feuds with Oscar Wilde and John Ruskin as for the iconic portrait of his mother.

Author : T. R. Way
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 2018-05-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780484347860

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Excerpt from The Art of James McNeill Whistler: An Appreciation Years' study of Mr. Whistler's art, and the aim of the authors has been to point out the characteristics of his works, accepting them as they are, and not attempting to find in them qualities which they do not possess. It is their desire to lead others, to whom his art has hitherto been unfamiliar or incomprehensible, to a study which cannot fail to be a source of delight. The book was begun some two and a half years ago, but was put aside for a time and when taken up again, it was with the intention of laying it before Mr. Whistler as a slight testimony of the writers' admiration for his genius. His sudden death, how ever, which occurred while the proofs were pass ing through the press, prevented the fulfilment of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : T. R. Way
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,74 MB
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781330123591

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Excerpt from The Art of James McNeill Whistler: An Appreciation The present volume is the outcome of many years' study of Mr. Whistler's art, and the aim of the authors has been to point out the characteristics of his works, accepting them as they are, and not attempting to find in them qualities which they do not possess. It is their desire to lead others, to whom his art has hitherto been unfamiliar or incomprehensible, to a study which cannot fail to be a source of delight. The book was begun some two and a half years ago, but was put aside for a time; and when taken up again, it was with the intention of laying it before Mr. Whistler as a slight testimony of the writers' admiration for his genius. His sudden death, however, which occurred while the proofs were passing through the press, prevented the fulfilment of this intention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Kenneth Myers
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN :

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Best known as a painter and printmaker, James McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903) was also an influential