Whistler

A Life for Art's Sake

Daniel E. Sutherland

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Yale University Press
06 March 2018

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment

A major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America’s artists

This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) as merely a combative, eccentric, and unrelenting publicity seeker. The Whistler revealed in these beautifully illustrated pages is an intense, introspective, and complex man, plagued by self-doubt and haunted by an endless pursuit of perfection in his painting and drawing.

“[Sutherland] seeks to get behind the public Whistler . . . never judging or condescending to his subject. . . . The portrait of Whistler that emerges is complex and mysterious . . . a measured and scholarly account of an extraordinary life.”—Ruth Scurr, Wall Street Journal

“The first comprehensive biography of Whistler in at least a generation. . . . Sutherland skillfully captures Whistler’s ambition, tenacity, and insecurity and presents his life in a narrative that does justice to both his triumphs and his failures.”—Eleanor Jones Harvey, American Scholar

By: Daniel E. Sutherland
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 998g
ISBN: 9780300232639
ISBN 10: 0300232632
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 06 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel E. Sutherland is distinguished professor of history, University of Arkansas.

Reviews for Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake

“The book is extremely researched… Sutherland’s easy jocular style is as easy to read as a novel… with Sutherland’s help, love or hate the artist, we can go some way to understanding him”—Margaret English, Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter