A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers
Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolor to depict new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book, the first critical study of Whistler and his Impressionist followers, offers an in-depth analysis of Whistler's art as well as new insights into his modernist project.

Using a wealth of primary material, Robins tracks the history of Whistler and his group and shows through testimony and practice that they were formulating an identity as avant-garde artists. This is the first critical study of these Impressionist artists and throws new light on this neglected aspect of British art.




Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers
Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolor to depict new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book, the first critical study of Whistler and his Impressionist followers, offers an in-depth analysis of Whistler's art as well as new insights into his modernist project.

Using a wealth of primary material, Robins tracks the history of Whistler and his group and shows through testimony and practice that they were formulating an identity as avant-garde artists. This is the first critical study of these Impressionist artists and throws new light on this neglected aspect of British art.




Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers

A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers

by Anna Gruetzner Robins
A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers

A Fragile Modernism: Whistler and His Impressionist Followers

by Anna Gruetzner Robins

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Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolor to depict new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book, the first critical study of Whistler and his Impressionist followers, offers an in-depth analysis of Whistler's art as well as new insights into his modernist project.

Using a wealth of primary material, Robins tracks the history of Whistler and his group and shows through testimony and practice that they were formulating an identity as avant-garde artists. This is the first critical study of these Impressionist artists and throws new light on this neglected aspect of British art.




Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780300135459
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 03/04/2008
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anna Robins is a reader in the history of art at the University of Reading.
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