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James McNeill Whistler

Painter known for the portrait popularly called Whistler's Mother

Did you know?He was expelled from the West Point military academy after failing chemistry, later remarking that if silicon were a gas he would be a general.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake".

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Born: July 10, 1834 · Lowell, United States
Died: July 17, 1903
Nationality: American
Known for: Art, Literature

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Father: George Washington Whistler
Mother: Anna McNeill Whistler
Spouse: Beatrice Whistler

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