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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler’s Symphony in White, No. 1
Symphony in White, No 1: The White Girl, James McNeill Whistler; oii on canvas, roughly 84 x 42 inches (213 x 108 cm) It’s been my observation that in master paintings the majority of edges are soft, reserving the hard edges for focusing the viewer’s eye on the primary area of interest. In this remarkable…
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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler etching of Annie Haden
Annie Haden, James McNeill Whistler, drypoint, roughly 19 x 13 inches (35 x 21 cm). This printing of the plate is in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the file. (The museum has a collection of Whistler’s work, presumably in his role as an American…
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Eye Candy for today: Whistler’s Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, oil on canvas, roughly 37 x 24 inches (93 x 61 cm); in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable image on their site. The original painting is here in Philadelphia and I’ve…
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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler’s Black Lion Wharf
Black Lion Warf, James McNeill Whistler, etching, roughly 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22 cm); link is to the impression in the collection the National Gallery of Art, DC. Their site has both a zoomable and high resolution downloadable version of the image, as does Wikimedia Commons. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Whistler’s Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea
Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea, James Abbott McNeill Whistler; oil on wood, roughly 20 x 24″ (61 x 50cm) Link above is to Zoomable image on Google Art Project; original is in the Tate, London; downloadable large file on Wikimedia Commons. Whistler often titled his pieces in musical terms; many of his works are…