James McNeill Whistler
Whistler treats painting as visual music — subtle, tonal "arrangements" and "nocturnes" in narrow ranges of grey, blue, and brown. Look for misty atmosphere, refined restraint, and harmonious near-abstraction.
James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) was a painter from United States, associated with Aestheticism.
Art for art's sake — beauty, mood, and the harmony of colour valued above story or moral. Aestheticism →
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