Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl

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Painting by James McNeill Whistler showing a woman with long red hair in a flowing white dress standing on a bear rug before a white curtain, holding a small flower.

Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl

painting by Whistler

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James McNeill Whistler
The move to London
…considerable success in Paris when Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) was shown at the Salon des Refusés in 1863. This famous painting shows that if he was an exponent of realism, he was also attracted by the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which had begun in England in 1848.
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…considerable success in Paris when Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) was shown at the Salon des Refusés in 1863. This famous painting shows that if he was an exponent of realism, he was also attracted by the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which had begun in England in 1848.
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