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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 142707, member: 57"]Indeed, that wallpaper is beautiful. Its beauty made me want to "understand" the seeming juxtaposition (or evolution in art) of James Whistler. I noted that he did the peacocks in 1876-77 and his "Arrangement in Grey and Black" in 1871.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a website discussing an exhibition of his work(s) at a museum.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/whistlersite/grey.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/whistlersite/grey.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/whistlersite/grey.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"As was customary for a woman of her social class, Anna Whistler kept in touch with her family and friends through letters. Today, her correspondence is used by historians seeking to understand the social issues of the day, and by art historians who find her descriptions of her son’s work and life an invaluable resource."</p><p><br /></p><p>"Following is an excerpt from a letter to her sister where she discusses sitting for her portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>“I was not as well then as I am now, but never distress Jemie [James] by complaints, so I stood bravely, two or three days, whenever he was in the mood for studying me as his pictures are studies, and I so interested stood as a statue! But realized it to be too great an effort, so my dear patient Artist who is gently patient as he is never wearying in his perseverance concluding to paint me sitting perfectly at my ease.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 142707, member: 57"]Indeed, that wallpaper is beautiful. Its beauty made me want to "understand" the seeming juxtaposition (or evolution in art) of James Whistler. I noted that he did the peacocks in 1876-77 and his "Arrangement in Grey and Black" in 1871. Below is a website discussing an exhibition of his work(s) at a museum. [URL]http://www.dia.org/exhibitions/whistlersite/grey.htm[/URL] "As was customary for a woman of her social class, Anna Whistler kept in touch with her family and friends through letters. Today, her correspondence is used by historians seeking to understand the social issues of the day, and by art historians who find her descriptions of her son’s work and life an invaluable resource." "Following is an excerpt from a letter to her sister where she discusses sitting for her portrait: “I was not as well then as I am now, but never distress Jemie [James] by complaints, so I stood bravely, two or three days, whenever he was in the mood for studying me as his pictures are studies, and I so interested stood as a statue! But realized it to be too great an effort, so my dear patient Artist who is gently patient as he is never wearying in his perseverance concluding to paint me sitting perfectly at my ease.”[/QUOTE]
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