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)
ance (started in1859), At the Piano, was also the first trueWhistler, not only the Whistler we admireand cherish to-day but the Whistler who hasexercised an influence on modern painting andwho will live as one of the prominent figures inthe history of art. I have rarely seen a moderninterior… … Visions and Identifications 123 girl in white, in a pensive attitude, stands op-posite her, in the curve of the instrument.The dark silhouette of the mother is beauti-fully balanced by the white form of the littlegirl. There is an astonishing number of hori-zontal lines in the composition, but…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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