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)
ught for modernismand a new technique, and the glory of themetier, with an enthusiasm, a bravery anddevotion that has rarely been encountered.There he lived the regular student life for fouryears. He entered the atelier of CharlesGleyre, but only stayed for a short while. Hepreferred to look about… … Quartier Latin and Chelsea 13 around the centre of the town, not even theboulevard of St. Michael, which became thegreat thoroughfare for artists, were in exist-ence in their present condition. But Whistlerhad come at the time when Paris was beingreconstructed into one of the most beautifulcities…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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