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