James McNeill Whistler Retrospective

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

James McNeil Whistler "Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge", 1872-1875, The Tate Gallery ©Tate, London 2014

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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was a representative painter and print artist in the latter part of the 19th century, who based his activities in London while maintaining close ties with impressionist artists in Paris. He is internationally acclaimed as a pioneering artist of Japonism.
As the first large-scale retrospective exhibition held in Japan in 27 years, this exhibition features the whole gamut of Whistler’s works, including 130 oil and watercolor paintings, and prints gathered from the United States, Britain, and France. It also includes reference materials and related works such as ukiyo-e prints that greatly influenced Whistler, whose charm thoroughly captivated Western art circles in the latter half of the 19th century.

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