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James McNeill Whistler - Beyond The Myth
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Plot Summary of James McNeill Whistler - Beyond The Myth
"    This is the biography of the artist James McNeill Whistler.

    Taking the best of Impressionism and Realism, Whistler's uniquely individual treatments of color are unforgettable. We think of "Nocturne In Blue and Gold," his muted yet powerful study of London's Old Battersea Bridge.

    Born in Massachusetts in 1834, Whistler spent part of his youth in Russia. For a time he lived in Paris, where he was an adherent of Courbet's. Later, he settled in London, becoming a friend of Oscar Wilde's and a visible "dandy" of the art circuit.

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The Snide Gail Cooke, Resident Scholar



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job/profession: - artist
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1800's

Subject of Biography
Profession/status: - artist
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Europe Yes

Style
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - decency
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Pictures/Illustrations? - Some in color 1-5
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