Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Dates
- Existence: 1834 - 1903
Biography
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence concerning the portrait of Dr. Isaac Davenport
Collection
Identifier: MS-622
MS-622
Date(s):
1898 to 1920
Abstract
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), painter. The collection contains correspondence between Whistler, his sister-in-law Roslind Birnie Philip and Isaac Davenport concerning the portrait of Davenport by Whistler.