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Description: | Gilded reeded, 71.2 x 89.7 x 8.0 None CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) The arrangement of the dream-like figures against a soft, tonal background is reminiscent of the work of Whistler's friend, the artist Albert Moore (1841-1893). The similarities between their works are most apparent in this type of sketch, though Moore's finished oil paintings were more finely detailed than Whistler's. The setting of the figures on a balcony against a riverscape background relates to the "Six Projects" (YMSM 82-7), believed to be Whistler's first scheme of decoration for his patron, Liverpool shipping magnate, F.R.Leyland, and to the composition of the "Balcony" (YMSM 56-7) that Whistler was working on in 1867. A drawing with a similar composition, by Whistler, is in the Manson-Williams-Proctor Institue, Utica, USA (MacDonald 1995 (341)).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | 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: | BALCONY : SIX PROJECTS : ALBERT MOORE : 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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