Whistler, Sargent, and Steer

Arriving at their mature styles independently of one another, the renowned American expatriate painters James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent and the British artist Philip Wilson Steer are often credited with bringing modern art to London near the end of the 19th century. Inspired by the lively brushwork of painters from Velazquez to Monet, each of these artists developed a distinctive approach to Impressionism, utilizing spontaneously applied strokes of paint and closely modulated colors to capture the effects of light as it played across the figure and landscape. This selection of masterworks by the three artists reveals the stylistic links that give evidence of their shared aesthetic lineage. Essays by Tate curator David Fraser Jenkins and art historian Avis Berman provide insight into their lives and works within the cultural milieu of fin-de-siecle London, including the experiences of the young and somewhat eccentric aesthete W. Graham Robertson.

ISBN 0970697988   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780970697981 (What's this?)   Pages 118 Publisher Frist Center for the Visual Arts   Volumes 1 Imprint Frist Center for the Visual Arts   Weight (grammes) 947 Format Hardback   Published in Nashville Publication date 30 Apr 2003   Height (mm) 312 Writer of introduction Nairne, Sandy   Width (mm) 240 Library of Congress ND210   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 759.1309034   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword and Acknowledgments by Chase W. Rynd		6
		Preface by Sandy Nairne		7
		Nocturnes, Characters, and Sunlit Beaches: Whistler, Sargent, and Steer by David Fraser Jenkins		9
		A Window on the Nineties: W. Graham Robertson Aesthetic London by Avis Berman		31
		Catalogue by David Fraser Jenkins		47

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