James Whistler famous works

Artistic movement: Tonalism• Founder of the Tonalist movement

• George Inness

• 1880's

• Landscape format

• dark, neutral hues such as gray, brown or blue

Tonalism

• Influenced by Barbizon

• Enficisses in tone and mood

• Ended by impressionism and modernism

Portrait of Whistler with hat

• During Art study in Paris

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• Portrait of Whistler with Hat (1858), Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Symphony in White No.1• Early career

• Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl, another painting of Joanna Hiffernan.

• 1862

• WebMuseum Paris

• First famous work

• Mistress and business manager

Self portrait

• Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter (self portrait, c. 1872), Detroit Institute of Arts

• Oil on canvas

Moonlights

• Early Mature career

• 1 of 3 "Moonlights" or nocturnes

• Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge (1872), Tate Britain, London, England

Whistler's Mother

• Returned to to portraits

• Mature career

• Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (1871), popularly known as Whistler's Mother, Musée d'Orsay, Paris