whistler

     

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Trivia about whistler

  • His "Nocturne, Black and Gold--The Falling Rocket" isn't quite as well known as that painting of his mother
  • In 1997's "Bean", Rowan Atkinson sneezes on & messes up the famous painting of this artist's mother
  • You can see his mother (aka "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1")
  • In 1855, when he was 21, he moved to Paris to study art; that painting of his mother would come later
  • The Freer Gallery boasts a major collection of this artist's works, tho his "mother" hangs in the Louvre
  • The Peacock room at the Freer Gallery shows the fun-loving side of this artist known for that dour depiction of mama
  • Camille Pissarro called this U.S.-born painter of "Arrangements" the only artist "of whom America can be justly proud"
  • If you can't remember the name of this painter, just put your lips together and blow
  • Among the "41 places to go in 2011" is this town near Vancouver: "The Olympians are gone. Now it's your turn"
  • Born 1834 in Massachusetts,"Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle", died 1903
  • This "mama's boy" answered the art critics in his 1890 book "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"