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Whistler and nature / Patricia de Montfort, Clare A. P. Willsdon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montfort, Patricia de, author.
- Willsdon, Clare A. P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903--Exhibitions.
- Whistler, James McNeill.
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903--Criticism and interpretation.
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
- Nature in art.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Glasgow] : Compton Verney & The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, [2018]
- Summary:
- This innovative and compelling study reconsiders Whistler's work from the context of his military service and his relationship with nature at the margins. Whistler came from a family of soldiers and engineers; his father, Major George Washington Whistler, was originally a US military engineer. Drawing and mapmaking were important components of the military training that Whistler acquired as an officer cadet at West Point Academy in 1851-4 and subsequently in the Drawing Department at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, where he attempted to realise his father's hopes that he would make engineering or architecture his profession. These influences in turn shaped Whistler's attitude towards nature, as expressed in works ranging from his celebrated London Nocturnes to his French coastal scenes all of which were created after Whistler moved permanently to Europe in 1855.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.
- Published to accompany the exhibition "Whistler and Nature" held at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, 20 October-16 December 2018, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 8 January-17 March 2019, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 March-16 June 2019, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Spring 2020.
- ISBN:
- 9781911300496
- 1911300490
- OCLC:
- 1037053671
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