Whistler and his mother :
an unexpected relationship : secrets of an American masterpiece /
Sarah Walden.

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Main Author
Walden, Sarah.
Language(s)
English
Published
London : Gibson Square ; 2003.
Subjects
Whistler, James McNeill, > 1834-1903
Whistler, Anna Mathilda McNeill, > 1804-1881
Whistler, Anna Mathilda McNeill, > 1804-1881.
Whistler, James McNeill, > 1834-1903 > Criticism and interpretation.
Whistler, James McNeill, > 1834-1903. > Arrangement in gray and black, no. 1.
Arrangement in gray and black, no. 1 (Whistler, James McNeill)
Artists.
Artistes > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Artists > United States > 19th century.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Summary
"When Sarah Walden was asked to restore the painting of the 'Mother' for the Louvre she became fascinated by the crisis in the artist's life that inspired it. Few of the myths surrounding the picture and its sitter, she discovered, turned out to be true. Anna Whistler, devoted to her son Jemie, was not a stern authority figure; she defined her son's relationship with women. As Whistler was obsessively secretive about the picture, the story of its creation had to be teased from many different sources. In Whistler and His Mother Sarah Walden has done far more than capture an exceptional mother-son relationship; her detective-like findings weave biography, history and aesthetics into a seamless whole."--Jacket.
Physical Description
242 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781903933503
1903933501
9780803248113
0803248113
9781903933282
1903933285
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