About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 100. Chapters: Albert Henry Krehbiel, Alson S. Clark, Arthur Hill Gilbert, California Art Club, California Plein-Air Painting, California Plein-Air Revival, California Tonalism, Carl Eytel, Childe Hassam, Christian von Schneidau, Dulah Marie Evans, E. Charlton Fortune, Edmund C. Tarbell, Edward Simmons (painter), Emil Carlsen, Francis Focer Brown, Frank Harmon Myers, Frank Nuderscher, Frank Weston Benson, George Herbert Baker, Granville Redmond, Hayley Lever, Hoosier Group, J. Alden Weir, J. Ottis Adams, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Henry Twachtman, John Willard Raught, Joseph DeCamp, Joseph Kleitsch, Joseph Raphael, List of works by Frank Weston Benson, Lucy Bacon, Mary Agnes Yerkes, Paul Dougherty (artist), Richard E. Miller, Richmond Group, Robert Reid (painter), Roy Cleveland Nuse, Sueo Serisawa, Sunlight (Benson), T. C. Steele, Ten American Painters, Theodore Robinson, Thomas Dewing, Thomas P. Barnett, Tonal Impressionism, Wilhelmina Weber Furlong, Willard Metcalf, William Merritt Chase. Excerpt: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 - July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo, "art for art's sake." His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality-his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes," emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting is Whistler's Mother (1871), the revered and oft parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader...
