the painting whistler's mother is located at musée d'orsay in paris.
the painting whistler's mother is located at musée d'orsay in paris.
where is the painting whistler's mother located?
musée d'orsay in paris
arrangement in grey and black no.1, best known under its colloquial name whistler's mother, is a painting in oils on canvas created by the american-born painter james mcneill whistler in 1871. the subject of the painting is whistler's mother, anna mcneill whistler. the painting is , displayed in a frame of whistler's own design. it is exhibited in louvre abu dhabi and held by the musée d'orsay in paris, having been bought by the french state in 1891. it is one of the most famous works by an american artist outside the united states. it has been variously described as an american icon and a victorian "mona lisa".
whistler's mother
there exist four preparatory studies in oil, and several drawings related to the finished painting. several sketches in the freer gallery of art suggest that while whistler based the composition on the painting of his mother, he also considered variations: a chalk drawing shows carlyle seated at an angle to the wall, a corner of the room shown at left, and without the coat that would be thrown over his lap in the painting. in the painting whistler reverted to the planar composition of "arrangement in grey and black: portrait of the artist's mother", and included the robe that created a broader shape, reminiscent of the dress from the earlier picture. the canvas is slightly larger than that of the portrait of mrs. whistler, and is of a vertical format. other differences include a subtle turn of the subject's head toward the viewer, and the shape caused by the bunching up of carlyle's coat; these result in a mood of psychological disturbance that is quite different from the more static pose of his mother's portrait.
arrangement in grey and black, no. 2: portrait of thomas carlyle