James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art Details
Shows a selection of Whistler's drawings, pastels, watercolors, and paintings and discusses the artist's life and career
Reviews
This is one of the best books on Whistler. It contains a large number of high quality color and B&W photos of his oils, watercolors and drawings. The works depicted and discussed are all from the Freer Gallery, but related works in other collections are sometimes shown in small B&W images. The text is informed and comprehensive. One note, the color image on page 127 of "Nocturne: Silver and Opal-Chelsea" is upside down! Otherwise, the book is accurate and carefully produced. Highly recomended for Whistler fans.AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT MY ART BOOK REVIEWS: It might seem as though I rate most art books very favorably. The reason for this is that I usually visit my local library before buying a book. I'll look at all (in print and out of print) of the Rembrandt (for example) books and choose my favorite one to purchase. In the case of an artist's monograph, I try to choose one or two comprehensive books for each artist. These are generally large, well illustrated hardcovers with above average reproduction quality and informative text, often by one of the leading scholars on the artist. Thus, by the time I purchase a book, I have already found it to be among the best available on the subject.