Whistler: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library) - Softcover

Spalding, Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714831867 ISBN 13: 9780714831862

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1998

Synopsis

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was one of the most original artists of the late 19th-century. Flamboyant dandy and ebullient publicist, friend of Oscar Wilde, Whistler was also a meticulous craftsman dedicated to the perfection of his art. He was born in the United States but travelled to Paris to study painting. Under the influence of Courbet, he began as a realist painter, but gradually developed a startlingly original method of composition, refining his technique to the barest essentials. He was one of the first to argue that the abstract ingredients of a painting - the lines, shapes, colours and tones - could in themselves be the subject; he entitled the portrait of his mother Arrangement in Grey and Black.

About this title

About the Author:

Frances Spalding is an art historian and critic and writes regularly for the Burlington Magazine and the Times Literary Supplement. Her publications include Dance till the Stars Come Down: A Biography of John Minton (1991), Duncan Grant (1997), and The Tate: A History (1998).

Review:

On the Colour Library Series "Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers."-Independent "Phaidon's excellent Colour Library series: [...] a good introduction to nearly 50 key artists and movements in art history."-Antiques Trade Gazette "The Phaidon Colour Library Series provides an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history."-Art & Craft

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0714831867
• ISBN 13: 9780714831862
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128