Alexander Arnold Hannay
James McNeill Whistler
c. 1896
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 22.3 x 13.3 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.) framed: 45.9 x 37.8 x 7 cm (18 1/16 x 14 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.11.7
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...