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)
beautifulwomen, and dreaming of designing some dressfor the Empress Eugenie, passing by in anopen phaeton. And how enthusiastic he got,no doubt, over some Japanese print or Chinesevase in some curio shop. A certain trigness, smartness, acquired verylikely at West Point where the cadets changetheir… … i Quartier Latin and Chelsea 17 Bonvins studio to work from the model, underthe direction of Courbet. At that time he wasinterested in types. He painted a Fumette,a little grisette of the Quartier Latin, and the Mother Gerard, who in her younger dayshad been a maker of pretty verses, but, reducedin…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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