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)
Pal-ace and obtained full mastery in his Dutch series, above all the fascinating AmsterdamCanal piece, when the lines were so vagueand subtle that deep biting was impossible anda few impressions would efface the design. Asfor the Chinese disdain of tonal values, I thinkit is Whistlers particular… … In Quest of Line Expression 155 but it is surely not the main object to strive for.Whistler followed Hadens doctrine that theline ought to be preserved as much as possible,and made the most of it. If the linear expres-sion is sacrificed in etching there is no execu-tive expression left; there is no…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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