James Abbott McNeill Whistler ART FOR SALE

Portrait of James Abbott McNeill Whistler

1834 Lowell, Massachusetts - 1903 London, England. Known for: Figure, landscape, and portrait painting, etching.

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Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, James Whistler became one of the most influential late 19th-century American painters and etchers, although he lived primarily in England. He worked in a wide variety of styles that included Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. He was especially influential in the Tonalist movement and was a catalyst for those who wanted to break away from prescribed academic methods, credited with being the first American modernist to influence European art. He also created 179 lithographs, having received a commission in 1879, and from that time, he worked in graphics, pastel, and watercolor, and favorite subjects were subtly delineated cityscapes or ships at docks. He was raised both in New England and in Russia... Read full biography

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Portrait of a Girl

Type:Painting

Year:c.1880

Size:12.75" x 6.50"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Unsigned

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Portrait of a Girl is a striking piece, emblematic of the scenes Whistler depicted during his time in Venice. Formerly in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and exhibited there in 1934, this exceptional oil painting has full provenance.