Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300232639)

A major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America's artists

This engaging personal history dispels the popular notion of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) as merely a combative, eccentric, and unrelenting publicity seeker. The Whistler revealed in these beautifully illustrated pages is an intense, introspective, and complex man, plagued by self-doubt and haunted by an endless pursuit of perfection in his painting and drawing.

" Sutherland] seeks to get behind the public Whistler . . . never judging or condescending to his subject. . . . The portrait of Whistler that emerges is complex and mysterious . . . a measured and scholarly account of an extraordinary life."--Ruth Scurr, Wall Street Journal

"The first comprehensive biography of Whistler in at least a generation. . . . Sutherland skillfully captures Whistler's ambition, tenacity, and insecurity and presents his life in a narrative that does justice to both his triumphs and his failures."--Eleanor Jones Harvey, American Scholar

Author: Daniel E. Sutherland
ISBN-10: 0300232632
ISBN-13: 9780300232639
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2018
Pages: 510
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d