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'''James Abbott McNeill Whistler''' ( Lowell, Massachusetts 1834 - London 1903) American painter and Printmaker.  

'''James Abbott McNeill Whistler''' ( Lowell, Massachusetts 1834 - London 1903) American painter and Printmaker. He achieved notoriety with ''Symphony No. 1, The White Girl''. In 1865painted at Trouville with [[Gustave Courbet]], Daubigny, and [[Claude Monet]].  

 

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''In 1891, ''Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1: The Artist’s Mother'' was acquired by the [[French]] State and that same year Glasgow Corporation paid a thousand guineas for the ''Portrait of Thomas Carlyle''. Having exhibited at several important international exhibitions, Whistler was awarded honors by Munich, Amsterdam and Paris.''<ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/W/whistler/whistlerbio.html James Whistler]</ref>

''In 1891, ''Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1: The Artist’s Mother'' was acquired by the [[French]] State and that same year Glasgow Corporation paid a thousand guineas for the ''Portrait of Thomas Carlyle''. Having exhibited at several important international exhibitions, Whistler was awarded honors by Munich, Amsterdam and Paris.''<ref>[http://www.abcgallery.com/W/whistler/whistlerbio.html James Whistler]</ref>

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His credo '''"art for art's sake".'''

His credo was ''"art for art's sake".''

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He was a precursor of abstract art.

He was a precursor of abstract art.

   

   

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Image:Whistler. The Thames in Ice.jpg|The Thames in Ice

Image:Whistler. The Thames in Ice.jpg|The Thames in Ice