Description: Easton Press leather edition of John Walker's "James Abbott McNeill Whistler," a COLLECTOR'S edition, Frontispiece Painting "The Little Girl in White," one of the LIBRARY OF AMERICAN ART series, Printed in Japan, and published in 1987. Bound in red leather with a painting on front board, the book has paper end leaves, satin book marker, Symth-sewn binding, acid-free paper, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition. James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who lived from 1834--1903, was born in Massachusetts. In 1842, his father was employed by the Russian czar to built a railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Whistler family with their father. In 1845, he attended drawing lessons at Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In 1847, Whistler visited England. In 1851, he entered WEST POINT but was discharged the next year for deficiency in chemistry. In 1855, he moved to Paris and attended Ecole Imperials et Speciale de Dessin. In 1857, he copied paintings at the Louvre. In 1863, his painting "The White Girl" was rejected at the Royal Academy and the Salon. in 1866, he journeyed to Chile. In 1870, his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson, was born to Whistler and a parlormaid. In 1873, Maud Franklin replaced Jo as his mistress and principal model. In 1874, he had his first one-man show in London. In 1880, he made fifty etchings of Venice. In 1888 Whistler married Beatrice Godwin. In 1895, Whistler took his ailing wife to Lyme Regia where he painted. In 1899, he exhibited paintings in Russian. He was given an honorary degree from GLASGOW UNIVERISTY in 1903 and died later that year in London. 160 Folio sized pages, with an Index---an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS book! I offer combined shipping.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Signed: No
Publisher: Easton Press
Subject: Art & Photography
Year Printed: 1987
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: PAINTINGS
Special Attributes: Luxury Edition
Region: Europe and U.S.
Author: John Walker
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Topic: Whistler
