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)
es, one felt that inde-finable yet unmistakable being — a gentle-man. Pennell gives a most valuable description ofWhistler as a painter. The long nights ofobservation of the river were followed by longdays of experiment in his studio. In the endhe gave up even making notes of subjects andeffects.… … As His Friends Knew Him 227 over a candle, melting the glue and pushingthe hairs into the form he wanted. Whistlertold us he used a medium composed of opal,mastix and turpentine. The colours were ar-ranged upon a palette, a long oblong boardsome two feet by three with the Butterflyinlaid in one…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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