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James McNeill Whistler
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Why was Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket controversial?
James McNeill Whistler: Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl James McNeill Whistler: The Artist in His Studio James McNeill Whistler: Cremorne Gardens, No. 2 James McNeill Whistler: Weary James McNeill Whistler: Speke Hall
How The Artist's Mother became an American icon
James McNeill Whistler: Portrait of the Artist's Mother
For Students
James McNeill Whistler summary
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
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Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
14 Tough Questions Answered
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Why was Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket controversial?
In Victorian England's flourishing art world, two viewpoints clashed in the courts...
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How The Artist's Mother became an American icon
American artist James McNeill Whistler painted Arrangement in Grey and Black...
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James McNeill Whistler
Portrait of American-born artist James McNeill Whistler, c. 1868.
© Hulton Deutsh—Corbis Historical/Getty Images
Whistler, James McNeill
James McNeill Whistler, c. 1885.
Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3a18175 )
James McNeill Whistler: Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl
One of the works on display at the Salon des Refusés is Symphony in White, No....
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Harris Whittemore Collection, 1943.6.2
James McNeill Whistler: The Artist in His Studio
The Artist in His Studio, oil on paper mounted on panel by James McNeill...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection, reference no. 1912.141 (CC0)
James McNeill Whistler: Cremorne Gardens, No. 2
Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, oil on canvas by James McNeill Whistler, c. 1870–80,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City/John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1912 (12.32), www.metmuseum.org
James McNeill Whistler: Weary
Weary, drypoint by James McNeill Whistler, 1863; in the National Gallery...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.8458
James McNeill Whistler: Speke Hall
Speke Hall, etching and drypoint, intaglio print by James McNeill Whistler,...
Rare Book and Special Collections Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3g04662)
James McNeill Whistler: Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (also called Portrait of the Artist's...
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
White House, Chelsea, London
The White House, Chelsea, London, home of James McNeill Whistler in 1878–79.
Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id.cph cph 3a36767)
James McNeill Whistler: The Music Room
The Music Room, etching by James McNeill Whistler, c. 1885.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3b49331)
James McNeill Whistler: The Kitchen
The Kitchen, etching by James McNeill Whistler, 1885.
Pennell Fund/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3b49330)
James McNeill Whistler.
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket
Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, by James McNeill Whistler,...
Sepia Times—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
James McNeill WhistlerArrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also known as The Artist's Mother,...
Photo12—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
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