| Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake Contributor(s): Sutherland, Daniel E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300232632 ISBN-13: 9780300232639 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.10 lbs) 510 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |