The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, MacDonald, Marg

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ISBN
9780300254501
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300254504
ISBN-13
9780300254501
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038417161

Product Key Features

Book Title
Woman in White : Joanna Hiffernan and James Mcneill Whistler
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Individual Artists / Monographs, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Margaret F. Macdonald
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

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0.1 in
Item Weight
47.5 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.8 in

Additional Product Features

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Trade
LCCN
2020-935712
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"[ The Woman in White ] argues that Hiffernan was more collaborator than victim, an assessment that strives to write her into history as Whistler's indispensable partner."--Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal "[A] lavish volume . . . illuminating . . . Ms. MacDonald's deep research has corrected some misinformation and unearthed important new facts." --Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal, "[ The Woman in White ] argues that Hiffernan was more collaborator than victim, an assessment that strives to write her into history as Whistler's indispensable partner."--Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal "[A] lavish volume . . . illuminating . . . Ms. MacDonald's deep research has corrected some misinformation and unearthed important new facts." --Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal " The Woman in White examines the relationship between the prickly American painter and the muse-mistress who modeled for his haunting 'Symphonies in White' . . . [and] argues that the two formed a symbiotic partnership."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post ("This Season's Hidden Gems")
Dewey Decimal
759.13
Synopsis
A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together " A] lavish volume. . . . Illuminating. . . . MacDonald's deep research has . . . unearthed important new facts."--Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839-1886) met and began a significant professional and personal relationship. Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler's works, including his controversial Symphony in White paintings, a trilogy that fascinated and challenged viewers with its complex associations with sex and morality, class and fashion, academic and realist art, Victorian popular fiction, aestheticism and spiritualism. This luxuriously illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive account of Hiffernan's partnership with Whistler throughout the 1860s and 1870s--a period when Whistler was forging a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential artists of his generation. A series of essays discusses how Hiffernan and Whistler overturned artistic conventions and sheds light on their interactions with contemporaries, including Gustave Courbet, for whom she also modeled. Packed with new insights into the creation, marketing, and cultural context of Whistler's iconic works, this study also traces their resonance for his fellow artists, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Gustav Klimt., A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together, A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together "[A] lavish volume. . . . Illuminating. . . . MacDonald's deep research has . . . unearthed important new facts."--Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839-1886) met and began a significant professional and personal relationship. Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler's works, including his controversial Symphony in White paintings, a trilogy that fascinated and challenged viewers with its complex associations with sex and morality, class and fashion, academic and realist art, Victorian popular fiction, aestheticism and spiritualism. This luxuriously illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive account of Hiffernan's partnership with Whistler throughout the 1860s and 1870s--a period when Whistler was forging a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential artists of his generation. A series of essays discusses how Hiffernan and Whistler overturned artistic conventions and sheds light on their interactions with contemporaries, including Gustave Courbet, for whom she also modeled. Packed with new insights into the creation, marketing, and cultural context of Whistler's iconic works, this study also traces their resonance for his fellow artists, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Gustav Klimt. Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington Exhibition Schedule: Royal Academy of Arts, London (February 23-May 23, 2022) National Gallery of Art, Washington (July 3-October 10, 2022)
LC Classification Number
ND237.W6M33 2020

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