This painting is one that caused Whistler quite a bit of grief, but one he could have sold if he had lied and told the prespective client it was a scene of firworks in Venice! See Whister's story, the tale of his nocturne paintings, and learn about Chardonnay wine. #ofartandwine #chardonnay #jamesmcneillwhistler #whistlersfallingrockets

James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso Bay. 1866, 75.6 x 50.1 cm, Oil on canvas, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Ambitious beneath his pose of indolence, James McNeill Whistler was the most contradictory of artists.

Whistler was bold and self-assured and his work epitomize the modern penchant for creating "art for art's sake".

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea, c. 1871

L’art pour l’art, art for art’s sake; welcome to the world of Aestheticism! James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Symphony in White, No. 3, 1865-67 “Now at last the spring draws sw…

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Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice

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