Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock

J. A. McNeill Whistler, Margaret Macdonald

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English

Pallas Athene Publishers
01 August 2023

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: arts & entertainment

Whistler was one of the most original, if also tirelessly self-promoting artists of the later 19th century. After his disastrous run-in with John Ruskin, the greatest critic of the previous generation, Whistler poured his thoughts and feelings about art into this lecture, which made him if anything more notorious, but was also widely admired for its insights and wit. It is reproduced here exactly as he had it printed, with an essay by the leading scholar Margaret MacDonald putting it into the context of Whistler's career and times.

AUTHOR: James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), born in Massachusetts but brought up partly in Russia and England, was based in Europe for much of his life. He developed a highly personal style based on colour harmonies, and a provocative, dandyish personality that ensured his fame. His technical brilliance as a painter and also as an etcher, and sense of drama in compositions, have only increased his popularity.

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A facsimile of Whistler's published 1885 lecture, the culmination of years of work and self-promotion after Ruskin's bruising criticism, expressing his artistic beliefs with satire and beauty

40 b/w illustrations

By: J. A. McNeill Whistler, Margaret Macdonald
Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 66g
ISBN: 9781843680758
ISBN 10: 1843680750
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), born in Massachusetts but brought up partly in Russia and England, was based in Europe for much of his life. He developed a highly personal style based on colour harmonies, and a provocative, dandyish personality that ensured his fame. His technical brilliance as a painter and also as an etcher, and sense of drama in compositions, have only increased his popularity.

Reviews for Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock

"""A masterpiece--not only for its clever satire and amusing jests will it be remembered, but for the pure and perfect beauty of many of its passages."" --Oscar Wilde"