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Description: | Gilded reeded None CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Though this drawing depicts one of the most popular motifs of the Aesthetic Movement, it seems that Whistler's main inspiration was that of Japanese art. Whistler may have borrowed the composition from a Satsuma faience vase in the collection of J.L.Bowes, in Liverpool (illustrated in George Ashdown Audsley and J.L.Bowes, "The Keramic Art of Japan", 1874, pl XII). "Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room" was once in 49 Princes Gate, London, owned by Whistler's patron, Liverpool shipping magnate, F.R.Leyland. However, it is now in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA (YMSM 178). The peacock motif is meant to signify the wealth of Leyland. It is disputed as to whether the pen sketches in this collection (See GLAHA 46070) are studies for the room or copies done from memory after Whistler was denied access to the room. Further studies are in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, U.S.A. and the National Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA. (MacDonald 1995 (989-992,1603)). There is also a pencil study for the fighting peacocks in Glasgow University Library (MacDonald 1995 (583)).
Birnie Philip Bequest 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | F.R LEYLAND : DECORATIVE DESIGN : PEACOCKS : WEALTH : CARTOON : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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