Whistler
A Life for Art's Sake
Will be published approx. on 6. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
510 pages
978-0-300-23263-9 (ISBN)
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
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
Reviews / Votes
"The book is extremely researched... Sutherland's easy jocular style is as easy to read as a novel... with Sutherland's help, love or hate the artist, we can go some way to understanding him"-Margaret English, Pre-Raphaelite Society NewsletterMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
107 color + b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
984 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-23263-9 (9780300232639)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Daniel E. Sutherland is distinguished professor of history, University of Arkansas.