Nocturne in Black and Gold
1834-1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Art Locations 1875
23.74 x 18.35 inches / 60.3 x 46.6 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts
Painting ID:: 4590
James Abbott Mcneill Whistler Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874),
Detroit Institute of Arts Nocturne in Black and Gold American Tonalist Painter and Printmaker, 1834-1903, He 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.
