The Whistler book : a monograph of the life and position in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works (1910)
he venturedupon a problem that was, after all, logicaland true to life. But to place a lamp onthe floor merely for the purpose of throwinginteresting diagonal shadows upwards on awomans figure, is not far from being an ab-surdity. The various aspects of electrical illumina-tion, gaslight,… … ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND WHITE: LADY MEUX (NO. 1), On Light and Tone Problems 95 is his highest ambition. It is the powerful sub-duer of all the incongruities of modern art. But what painters strive for, in most in-stances are merely fragmentary accomplish-ments. It is not tone in the large sense…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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