Tonalism - James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Mitchell Bannister, George Inness, Theodore Lukits, Leon Dabo, California Tonali (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Mitchell Bannister, George Inness, Theodore Lukits, Leon Dabo, California Tonalism, Joseph Allworthy, Theodore Scott-Dabo, Xavier Martinez, San Francisco Art Association, Tonal Impressionism, Anne Brigman, Dwight William Tryon, Arthur Frank Mathews, Granville Redmond, Henry Ward Ranger, Jack Cassinetto, Dorian Allworthy, Charles Warren Eaton, Angel De Cora, Henry Farrer, Willis Seaver Adams, Percy Gray, Thomas Dewing, Max Meldrum, Bruce Porter, Jean Charles Cazin, Joseph DeCamp, Bruce Crane. Excerpt: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 - July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake." His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality-his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler titled many of his paintings "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes," emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting is Whistler's Mother (1871), the revered and oft parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers. James Abbott Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was the first child born to Anna Matilda McNeill and George Washington Whistler, a prominent engineer. She was his father's second wife. At the Ruskin trial (see below), Whistler claimed the more exotic St. Petersburg, Russia as his birthplace: "I shall be born when and where I want, and I do not choose to...