Whistler and nature

Resource Information

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Label

Whistler and nature

Statement of responsibility

Patricia de Montfort, Clare A. P. Willsdon

Contributor

• Fitzwilliam Museum,
• Compton Verney (Gallery),
• Compton Verney (Gallery),
• Fitzwilliam Museum,
• Hunterian Art Gallery (University of Glasgow),
• Hunterian Art Gallery (University of Glasgow),
• Laing Art Gallery,
• Laing Art Gallery,
• Montfort, Patricia de,
• Montfort, Patricia de,
• Parissien, Steven,
• Parissien, Steven,
• Willsdon, Clare A. P.,
• Willsdon, Clare A. P.,

Author

• Willsdon, Clare A. P.,
• Willsdon, Clare A. P.,
• Montfort, Patricia de,
• Montfort, Patricia de,

Host institution

• Hunterian Art Gallery (University of Glasgow),
• Compton Verney (Gallery),
• Fitzwilliam Museum,
• Laing Art Gallery,
• Laing Art Gallery,
• Hunterian Art Gallery (University of Glasgow),
• Compton Verney (Gallery),
• Fitzwilliam Museum,

Writer of preface

• Parissien, Steven,
• Parissien, Steven,

Subject

• Nature in art
• Nature in art
• Nature in art
• Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Exhibitions
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Exhibitions
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Exhibitions
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Exhibition catalogs

Language

eng

Summary

This innovative and compelling study reconsiders Whistler's work from the context of his military service and his relationship with nature at the margins. Whistler came from a family of soldiers and engineers; his father, Major George Washington Whistler, was originally a US military engineer. Drawing and mapmaking were important components of the military training that Whistler acquired as an officer cadet at West Point Academy in 1851-4 and subsequently in the Drawing Department at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, where he attempted to realise his father's hopes that he would make engineering or architecture his profession. These influences in turn shaped Whistler's attitude towards nature, as expressed in works ranging from his celebrated London Nocturnes to his French coastal scenes all of which were created after Whistler moved permanently to Europe in 1855

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs