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The Artist in His Studio  1866

by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

By the mid-1860s, the London-based, American artist James McNeill Whistler was increasingly fascinated with the aesthetics of Asian art. In [i]The Artist in His Studio[/i], Whistler stares out at the viewer with palette and paintbrush in hand, surrounded by works from his collection: three Japanese scrolls hang on the wall and Chinese porcelain adorns shelves on the left. ...
Size: 
Board: 62 × 46.5 cm; overall: 63 × 47.3 cm
Medium: 
Oil on board mounted on wood panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago