James Abbott McNeill Whistler RBA (July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
His signature for his paintings took the shape of a stylized butterfly with an added long stinger for a tail. The symbol combined both aspects of his personality: his art is marked by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting, "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.1" (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. The work was shown at the 104th Exhibition of The Royal Academy of Art in London (1872), after coming within a hair's breadth of rejection by the academy. This episode worsened the rift between Whistler and the British art world; Arrangement was the last painting he submitted for the academy's approval (although his etching of "Old Putney Bridge" was exhibited there in 1879)
Another famous painting "Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge" (1872-1875) depicts Old Battersea Bridge as seen from below. The blue tonality of the work is characteristic of Whistler's style at this time, creating a sense of atmosphere. The painting was discussed as part of the 1878 libel suit that Whistler brought against the art critic John Ruskin. In 1905, Nocturne: Blue and Gold became the first significant acquisition by the newly formed National Art Collections Fund and was presented to the Tate Gallery. It now hangs in Tate Britain.
From this point you can see the modern Battersea Bridge that was built where the Old Battersea Bridge used to be. If you walk 100 metres East following the Cheyne Walk towards the bridge you will see the statue of James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
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