James McNeill Whistler - Nocturne in Blue and Silver 1872

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Nocturne in Blue and Silver 1872

Nocturne in Blue and Silver 1872
44x61cm oil/panel
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge

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From Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University:
Whistler’s break with the highly detailed, carefully constructed narrative paintings of his contemporaries raised the ire of period critics. In 1877, British writer and critic John Ruskin lambasted Whistler for this and related paintings, accusing him of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face.” In response, Whistler sued Ruskin for libel. After a much-publicized trial, he won the case, but was awarded only one farthing in damages.