Whistler, James Abbott McNeill - Статья по прочим предметам
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- There Whistler was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, and he befriended Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
- Whistler greatly admired Dutch masters such as Jan Steen, Rembrandt and Ruysdael.
- In 1869 Whistler began to sign his paintings with a butterfly monogram composed of his initials.
- During the late 1880s and 1890s Whistler achieved recognition as an artist of international stature.
- He soon became an inveterate traveller.
- Through his friend Fantin-Latour he met Courbet, whose Realism inspired much of his early work.
- With Henri Fantin-Latour and Alphonse Legros, he founded the Sociйtй des Trois.
- He was famous for his wit and dandyism, and loved controversy.
- His life-style was lavish and he was often in debt.
- He began work on a series of etchings.
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