Comments on: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

By: taimoor

taimoor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:26:08 +0000

hello sir
i am interested in ur blog
but i cant answer some of my questions that come to me such as the quality of the blog if i am interested in learning about art is it suggetable to read blogs they appear so informal
do you write about painting techniques
do you post references from well known books when appreciating old or contemporary masters
how can i find other blogs about paintings
do you know how can i find free art magazines or books from internet

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:03:00 +0000

I did a project on Whistler a while back and concluded that he was a greatly under-rated artist. This is the resources site I created at the time – although I notice that I still have to update it for all the links I found!

James McNeill Whistler – Resources for Art Lovers

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:45:16 +0000

Thanks, Dan. That would account for it.

By: Daniel van Benthuysen

Daniel van Benthuysen — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:01:26 +0000

Another great post, Charley. (You know at some point this stopped being a blog and became a full-fledged web resource that remains deisguised as a blog.)

Re: “Whistler’s Mother.” In spite of Whistler’s determination to keep the title as well as the presentation of the image anything but sentimental, early 20th century (especially Depression era viewers) nonetheless responded in a thorouighly sentimental manner and the image went iconic the way videos go viral today. Very like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” another unsuccessful attempt at being UN-sentimental…