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Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake

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A major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America's artists. This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) as merely a combative, eccentric, and unrelenting publicity seeker. The Whistler revealed in these beautifully illustrated pages is an intense, introspective, and complex man, plagued by self-doubt and haunted by an endless pursuit of perfection in his painting and drawing.

 

"[Sutherland] seeks to get behind the public Whistler . . . never judging or condescending to his subject. . . . The portrait of Whistler that emerges is complex and mysterious . . . a measured and scholarly account of an extraordinary life." - Ruth Scurr, Wall Street Journal

 

"The first comprehensive biography of Whistler in at least a generation. . . . Sutherland skillfully captures Whistler's ambition, tenacity, and insecurity and presents his life in a narrative that does justice to both his triumphs and his failures." - Eleanor Jones Harvey, American Scholar

Author/Artist/Designer

Daniel E. Sutherland

Pages

510

Dimensions

15.5cm x 3cm x 23.1cm

ISBN

9780300232639

Product code

160093

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