James McNeill Whistler: References & Edit History
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E.R. Pennell and J. Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vol. (1908, reissued 1973), contains a firsthand account of the artist; though there are some inaccuracies, it is a fundamental volume. Modern biographies and studies of his art include James Laver, Whistler, 2nd ed. (1951, reissued 1976); Hesketh Pearson, The Man Whistler (1952, reissued 1978); Horace Gregory, The World of James McNeill Whistler (1959, reissued 1969); Denys Sutton, Nocturne: The Art of James McNeill Whistler (1963), and James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels & Watercolours (1966); Roy McMullen, Victorian Outsider (1973); Stanley Weintraub, Whistler (1974); Gordon Fleming, The Young Whistler, 1834–66 (1978, reissued 1988); Hilary Taylor, James McNeill Whistler (1978); Frances Spalding, Whistler (1979); Andrew McLaren Young, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vol. (1980), a catalog raisonné; David Park Curry, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (1984); and Katharine A. Lochnan, The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler (1984).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Jul 13, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| Invalidated site: The Phillips Collection - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Nov 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artnet - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Sep 28, 2017 | ||
| Changed titles and dates of various paintings. | May 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Phillips Collection - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | May 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Biography of James McNeill Whistler. | May 26, 2014 | ||
| Added photograph. | May 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Biography of James McNeill Whistler. | Jan 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Biography of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Jan 28, 2013 | ||
| Image of The Artist in His Studio added. | Mar 29, 2012 | ||
| Added images of James McNeill Whistler's etchings Speke Hall, The Music Room, and The Kitchen. | May 20, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 07, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Art on Glyph.com - James McNeill Whistler. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Art on Glyph.com - James McNeill Whistler. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: WebMuseum - James Abbott McNeill Whistler. | Aug 10, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |