She sat and sang alway
By the green margin of a stream,
Watching the fishes leap and play
Beneath the glad sunbeam.I sat and wept alway
Beneath the moon’s most shadowy beam,
Watching the blossoms of the May
Weep leaves into the stream.I wept for memory;
She sang for hope that is so fair:
My tears were swallowed by the sea;
Her songs died on the air. -Song by Christina RossettiAttersee, 1900, Gustav Klimt
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James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Little Blue Girl, 1901
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James McNeill Whistler (1843-1903)

James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter, c.1872, oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts. Source
Realist painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in Massachusetts, but he primarily worked in London and Paris throughout his career. He was one of the key artists associated with the development of Tonalism, a style of landscape painting that involved blending hues to create a powerful, intense atmosphere. The titles of Whistler’s works were inspired by musical language; words such as ‘symphony’, ‘arrangement’, ‘harmony’ and ‘nocturne’ are frequently used to introduce compositions.
Though his most famous piece is Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother, Whistler should probably be more known for suing the art critic John Ruskin over criticism made towards his Nocturne in Black and Gold, The Falling Rocket, a highly controversial painting at the time of its execution. Though the artist triumphed at court, the trial left Whistler bankrupt, and he never really recovered.
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Waves
Nolde, Gauguin, Whistler, George Bellows
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Nocturne in Blue and Gold, Valparaiso Bay, James McNeill Whistler
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James McNeill Whistler
The Blue Wave, Biarritz, 1862
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Nocturne in Grey and Gold Snow in Chelsea - James McNeill Whistler
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Symphony in White No. 3
James McNeill Whistler
1867
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Symphony in White No. 3
James McNeill Whistler
1867
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Arrangement in Black
James McNeill Whistler
1881
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