His most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. He found a parallel between painting and music and entitled many of his paintings “arrangements”, “harmonies”, and “nocturnes”, emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality: his art is characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo “art for art’s sake”. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (/ˈwɪslər/ J– July 17, 1903) was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It is exhibited in Louvre Abu Dhabi and held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891.
The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 cm × 162.4 cm), displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The answer, of course, is “Whistler.”Īrrangement in Grey and Black No.1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871. “Whistler’s mother was painted by what famous artist?” is a riddle and joke that was printed in The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) on July 2, 1942. Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, or Whistler’s Mother is a famous 1871 painting by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).
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