James McNeill Whistler quotes - page 2
James McNeill Whistler was an American artist famous for his innovative approach to painting and printmaking. His artworks often emphasized mood and atmosphere, moving away from traditional representations. He became a significant figure in the Aesthetic Movement and influenced generations of artists. Here are 34 of his quotes:
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this: in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day: to paint the man, in short, as well as his features; in arrangement of colours to treat a flower as his key, not as his model. This is now understood indifferently well – at least by dressmakers. In every costume you see attention is paid to the key-note of colour which runs through the composition, as the chant of the Anabaptists through the 'Prophète', or the Hugenots' hymn in the opera of that name.
James McNeill Whistler
Shall the painter then.... decide upon painting? Shall he be the critic and sole authority? Aggressive as is this supposition, I fear that, in the length of time, his assertion alone has established what even the gentleman of the quill accept as the canons of art, and recognize as the masterpieces of work. Seurat's painting of the Grande Jatte proved extremely influential.
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
Occupation: American Artist
Born: July 10, 1834
Died: July 17, 1903
Quotes count: 34
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