DAC Collection Artist Information
James McNeill Whistler
American painter, printmaker, and designer, active in England and France
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
He developed from the Realism of Courbet and Manet to become one of the leading members of The Aesthetic Movement and an exponent of Japonisme. He adopted non-specific or musical titles for his works the emphasis of which was often mood or the manipulation of paint across the surface, rather than the actual subject depicted. He is best know for his work "Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother" (1871), and his subsequent portraits using simple tonal colors. In 1877, his work "Nocture in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket," caused a sensation for its blatant abstract qualitites that shocked art critics. In his later life, he created an ambitious series of etchings.
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500012432.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to James McNeill Whistler:
| James McNeill Whistler | Nocturnes-Marines-Chevalet Pieces, 1892 | Albumen print from collodion glass plate negative, mounted on board |
| James McNeill Whistler | 42 Etchings from Cancelled Plates | Etching |
| James McNeill Whistler | Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate, 1854-1855 | Etching and roulette printed in brown ink on Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Little Arthur, ca. 1858 | Etching on heavyweight wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | La Mere Gerard, ca. 1856 | Etching on tan chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Fumette, ca. 1857 | Etching and drypoint on gold-tone chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Tinsmith (La Rétameuse), ca. 1856-1858 (published 1859) | Etching on gold-tone chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Unsafe Tenement, 1858 | Etching on gold-tone chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Street at Saverne, 1858 | Etching printed in brown ink on grey-blue chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Elderly Rag Woman (La Vieille aux Loques), 1858 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Mustard Vendor (La Marchande de Moutarde), ca. 1856 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Little Rag Gatherers, 1858 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Kitchen, ca. 1858 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on buff chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Kitchen, ca. 1858 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Title to the French Set, 1858 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Wine Glass, 19th century | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Seymour Seated, ca. 1858 | Etching on thin Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Annie Seated, ca. 1858 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Reading by Lamplight, ca. 1858-1859 | Etching and drypoint on fine laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Music Room, ca. 1858-1859 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Landscape with the Horse, 1859 | Etching on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Landscape with the Horse, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on very thin Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nursemaid and Child, ca. 1859 | Etching on thin laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Thames Warehouses, 1859 | Etching on heavyweight laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Old Westminster Bridge, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on Japan tissue paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Eagle Wharf, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Black Lion Wharf, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Pool, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Longshoremen, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on thin Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Lime Burner, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on heavyweight laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Billingsgate, 1859 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on vellum |
| James McNeill Whistler | Soup for Three Sous (Soupe à Trois Sous), ca. 1859 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Bibi Valentin, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Bibi Lalouette, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Becquet, ca. 1860 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Drouet, 1859 | Etching and drypoint on very thin Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Rotherhithe, 1860 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Rotherhithe (Wapping), 1860 (possibly printed 1871) | Etching and drypoint on fine wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Forge, 1861 | Drypoint on laid paper, DEBDL and beehive-Vanderley |
| James McNeill Whistler | Old Hungerford Bridge, ca. 1860-1861 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Jo's Bent Head, ca. 1880-1889 | Drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Punt, 1861 | Etching and drypoint on heavyweight wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Sketching, No. 1, 1861 | Etching on heavyweight wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Chelsea Wharf, 1863 | Etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Amsterdam from the Tolhuis, after 1870 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Weary, 1863 | Drypoint on thin Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | "The Swan," Chelsea, ca. 1870 | Etching printed in brown ink on thin laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Free Trade Wharf, ca. 1878 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | St. James Street, London, ca. 1878 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Little Putney, No. 1, ca. 1879 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Little Putney, No. 2, ca. 1879 | Etching printed in dark brown ink on buff chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Hurlingham, ca. 1878 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Little Venice, ca. 1880 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nocturne, 1879-1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nocturne, ca. 1879 | Etching printed from cancelled plate on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Little Lagoon, ca. 1879-1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on thin laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Little Lagoon, ca. 1879-1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink from the cancelled plate on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Little Lagoon, ca. 1879-1880 | Etching and drypoint on laid paper mounted on board |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Doorway, ca. 1879 | Etching, drypoint, and roulette printed in dark brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Two Doorways, ca. 1879-1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Beggars, ca. 1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on thin laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | San Biagio, ca. 1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | San Giorgio, ca. 1879-1880 | Etching on Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Long Lagoon, ca. 1880 | Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Riva, No. 2, ca. 1880 | Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Balcony, ca. 1879 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Long Venice, ca. 1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nocturne Furnace, ca. 1880 | Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Lobster Pots, ca. 1881 | Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | A Street in London, 1885 | Electrotype of etched plate on heavyweight wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Swan and Iris, ca. 1883 | Etching on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Railway Arch, ca. 1887-1892 | Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Steps, Gray’s Inn, ca. 1887-1892 | Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Salvation Army, Sandwich, ca. 1887-1892 | Etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Rue de la Rochefoucault, ca. 1893 | Etching printed in brown ink on Asian laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nocturne, ca. 1878 | Wash lithograph on blue tinted chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Old Battersea Bridge, 1878 | Lithograph on chine collé on heavyweight wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Lindsay Row, Chelsea, ca. 1888 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Chelsea Rags, 1888 | Transfer lithograph on cream laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Suede Gloves (Les Gants de Suéde), 1890 | Transfer lithograph on very thin Japan laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Maunder’s Fish Shop, 1890 | Transfer lithograph on off-white laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Model Draping, 1890 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Novel, Girl Reading, ca. 1890 | Transfer lithograph on buff laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Steps, Luxemburg Gardens, Paris, ca. 1893 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Draped Figure—Seated, 1893 | Transfer lithograph from crayon, stump, and transfer paper on buff Japan laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nude Model Reclining, 1893 | Transfer lithograph; crayon and stump on grained transfer paper on antique off-white laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Nursemaids (Les Bonnes du Luxembourg), 1894 | Transfer lithograph on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Late Picquet, 1894 | Transfer lithograph on buff laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Priest’s House—Rouen, ca. 1894 | Transfer lithograph on buff laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Girl with Bowl, ca. 1895 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Smith’s Yard, ca. 1895 | Transfer lithograph with buff tint stone on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Firelight: Joseph Pennell (No. 1), 1896 | Transfer lithograph on Fortuna laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Portrait of Thomas Way no. 2, 1896 | Transfer lithograph on grey chine collé |
| James McNeill Whistler | Savoy Pigeons, 1896 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Charing Cross Railway Bridge, 1896 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Little London, ca. 1896 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Thames, 1896 | Lithograph on wove paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | St. Giles-in-the-Fields, ca. 1896 | Transfer lithograph on laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Afternoon Tea, ca. 1893-1894 | Transfer lithograph on heavyweight Japan laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Harmony in Flesh Color & Pink, ca. 1881-1892 | Pen drawing on white laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of Whistler’s First Venice Set, ca. 1879-1880 | Pencil drawing on white laid paper |
| James McNeill Whistler | The Japanese Dress, ca. 1888-1890 | Pencil, black chalk, and pastel on brown paper laid down on card |
| Thomas Robert Way after James McNeill Whistler | Portrait of Whistler’s Mother, late 19th century - early 20th century | Lithograph |
| Paul-Adolphe Rajon after James McNeill Whistler | Portrait of Whistler, 19th century | Photolithograph after charcoal drawing |
| Henri Charles Guérard after James McNeill Whistler | Portrait of Whistler after His Self-Portrait, Aged 20, 19th century | Etching |
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