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)
. Colour becamesubmerged in other qualities almost equallyimportant, as those of line, perspective, chia-roscura, relief drawing and minute observa-tion. The Eastern artist applied colour forcolours sake, and kept all other elements, no-tably those of line, feeling, shape and spacearrangement… … Owned by John G. Johnson LANGE LEIZEN OF THE SIX MARKS: PURPLE AND ROSE. The Butterfly 49 Each line, shape and colour had to tell its ownstory, while in Western art composition, col-our and idea often became inseparable by theapplication of the blurred outline. Whistler, at this stage of his…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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