James Abbott Mcneill Whistler 1863(1863)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 50.8 X 68.6 cm
cyf Old Battersea Beach 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.
