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Title: Life of James McNeill Whistler,
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Pennell, Elizabeth Robins,
Subjects: American Art
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
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New York, had some years before begun his collection and secured for itmany of the rarest proofs, and he was followed by Mr. Howard Mansfield,who later on interested Mr. Charles L. Freer. But in America morehad been heard of Whistlers eccentricities than his work. It couldno longer remain unknown, once his etchings and the portrait of theMother were seen and The White Girl was lent to the MetropolitanMuseum in New York, where it hung for some time. And the youngmen who had been with him in Venice, coming back, spread his fameat home, and when Americans got to know his work they becamethe keenest to possess it. Even at this time Avery owned the Whistlerin the Big Hat, Mr. Whittemore The White Girl, and Mrs. Huttonthe Wappi?ig. That an American artists works should be bought atall by Americans at that date was extraordinary. Tadema, Bouguereau,Meyer von Bremen were the standard, soon, however, to beexchanged for Whistler, the Impressionists, and the Dutch andBarbizon Schools.208 (1881-2
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PORTRAIT OF MISS ROSA CORDERARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN In the possession of Richard A. Canfield, Esq. The Joy of Life CHAPTER XXIV: THE JOY OF LIFE. THE YEARS EIGH-TEEN EIGHTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. On May 26, 1881, Mr. Cole met Jimmie, who is taking a new studioin Tite Street, where he is going to paint all the fashionables ; viewsof crowds competing for sittings; carriages along the streets. It was No. 13, close to the White House. Whistler decorated itin yellow : one felt in it as if standing inside an egg Howell said.He again picked up blue and white, and old silver ; he again gave Sundaybreakfasts, and they again became the talk of the town and he thefashion. If the town was determined to talk, Whistler was willingit should. He was never so malicious, never so extravagant, neverso joyous. He wrapped himself in a species of misunderstanding.He filled the papers with letters. London echoed with his laugh.His white lock stood up defiantly above his curls ; his cane lengthe

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