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)
figures in clair-obscurethat is uncertain in form, mystic in tendency,but suggestive of atmosphere, depth and space,some grey or dark interior filled with strug-gling shadows, capricious gleams of light andtonal gradations, tantalizing in their subtletyand power of suggestion. All sharp lines are… … Carnegie Art Institute, PittsburgARRANGEMENT IN BLACK: SENOR PABLO SARASATE. On Light and Tone Problems 97 but little of the robust yet sweet and seductivecharm of the Madonna pictures. Its glimmerof light is sad and dreamy, as if it were wovenout of grey monotonies of everyday life. Andin…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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