James McNeill Whistler - Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1871

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Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1871

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1871
144x162cm oil/canvas
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

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From Musée d'Orsay, Paris:
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also called Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a reminder, if only through its double title, of the stylisation to which Whistler soon submitted the realistic aesthetic of his early years. The portrait's psychological acuity is powerfully conveyed by the deliberately pared down composition. The work, in its linear austerity and chromatic rigour dominated by neutral tones, was a continuation of Whistler's experimentation with prints, to which View of the Thames hanging on the wall is an allusion.