James McNeill Whistler - Cremorne Gardens, No.2 1877

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Cremorne Gardens, No.2 1877

Cremorne Gardens, No.2 1877
68x134cm oil/canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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From Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:
The progressive expatriate James McNeill Whistler is associated with the "art for art’s sake" philosophy, which privileged artistic form over content. Yet his subjects were often seen to be as radical as his ethereal color harmonies. In this so-called nocturne, painted in London’s Cremorne Gardens (near his Chelsea home-studio), Whistler explores the theme of modern life embraced by many of his European associates, especially the French Impressionists.