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James McNeill Whistler’s Reception and Artistic Legacy

Inventing Whistlerism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvAnne-Florence Gillard-Estrada,Laura Valette

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This book addresses the artistic phenomenon of “Whistlerism," originated by the American painter James McNeill Whistler, and sheds light on this movement’s origins, its history and its wide-ranging impact on literature, poetry, art criticism, design and art philosophy.Whistler’s students and followers adopted the artist’s visual language and helped to spread his work and his artistic theories during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The enduring nature of Whistlerism and its influence internationally allow it to be seen as a major artistic trend in Europe and the United States. The notion of Whistlerism offers a new prism to explore the history of art at the turn of the century. The particularity of this artistic phenomenon is that it emerged during the artist’s lifetime and held sway over international contemporary art, literature and art criticism between 1878 – which marks the date of Ruskin's trial and the starting point of the myth of the artist, marked by the emergence of various adjectives, such as “Whistlerian” – and the beginnings of the Great War.This book presents the latest research on Whistlerism and introduces new perspectives on this subject throughout a range of chapters written by internationally recognised specialists of the painter. The topics deal not only with the visual arts and literature and art criticism but also with design, objects, scenography and the art of gardening.This collection is ideal for researchers in modern art, design and visual studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-06-08
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Art History
Antal sidor238
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041119920

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Anne-Florence Gillard-Estrada is a Professor of 19th-century British literature and visual arts at the University of Rouen Normandie and a member of the research centre ERIAC.Laura Valette is an art historian. Her PhD thesis, defended at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2020, was entitled "Whistlerism (1878–1914)" and she was co-curator of the exhibition "James Abbott McNeill Whistler: the butterfly effect" (Rouen, France, 2024).

IntroductionAnne-Florence Gillard-Estrada and Laura ValettePart 1 – Whistlerism Across the Arts: Circulation between Criticism, Literature and Poetry1. The Gentle Art of Critical Discourse: Framing the Digital Archive of Whistler’s Lifetime CriticismCatherine Carter Goebel2. Arrangement en couleur chair et noir: an Avant-garde Portrait by James McNeill Whistler and Théodore DuretMidori Kono3. Whistlerism: terminological manoeuvres between style, aesthetic theory and the polemics of criticismGrischka Petri4. “The painter must be pictorial always”: from the Unity of the Arts to the Specificity of the Medium: Oscar Wilde’s Whistlerian HeritageCarole Delhorme5. Le Culte du Nocturne: Baudelaire, Whistler and French SymbolismSuzanne SingletaryPart 2 – Inter-Artistic Dialogues: Arrangements, Decoration and Design6. Of Fans and Butterflies: The Folding of Subject and Medium in the Works of James McNeill Whistler and Stéphane MallarméKristina Åström7. Sounding the Garden with Whistler, Mallarmé and MonetClare A.P. Willsdon8. Whistler’s Gold: Japonisme, Classicism, and Aesthetic ValueAileen Tsui9. Whistler’s Quest for Beauty from “Colour and Picture Pattern” to Interior DesignMartine Lambert-Charbonnier10. “A brilliant artistic shorthand”: Tracing Whistler’s Aesthetic in Polish JaponismeAgnieszka Kluczewska-WójcikPart 3 – the “Butterfly effect”: The dissemination of Whistlerism in Europe11. “All the fashion” – Whistler and the International Trend for Pastel 1800-1900Freya Spoor12. Whistler’s Shopfronts, the Grey-panel Phase and the London ImpressionistsAnne Koval13. Whistlerism and Polish landscape artistsEwa Bobrowska14. Portraits behind the Fog: Polish Art and WhistlerUrszula Kozakowska Zaucha15. The Gentle Art of Making Portraits: Gustav Klimt’s Lessons in the Painting of James McNeill WhistlerCharlotte Healy16. Conclusion: Whistler’s Legacy in Popular CultureDaniel E. Sutherland