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)
times, and compared himto Rembrandt. This comparison is not with-out justification, inasmuch as Whistler wasnot a professional etcher but a great artistwho, like Rembrandt, took up the etchingpoint as an instrument for new expression.They both sketched with wonderful freedom.They were no mechanics;… … PORTRAIT OF DROUET (ETCHING). In Quest of Line Expression 153 Veyrasset, Meyrion, Zorn, Pennell, Raffaelli,Hops and Klinger are all wonderful etchers.In painting, his mastership is indisputable. Inetching I do not feel it quite as keenly. Thereis not the slightest doubt that etchings like Jo, The…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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