Project Gutenberg 2014-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 145 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins 1855 1936 Pennell, E. R. (Elizabeth Robins) Pennell, Joseph 1857 1926 Pennell, J. (Joseph) The Life of James McNeill Whistler Produced by Brian Wilsden, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Life of James McNeill Whistler" by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. This biography chronicles the life of the influential American painter James McNeill Whistler, detailing his upbringing, artistic development, and complex personality. The book provides insights into his family background and early years, setting the stage for understanding his character and contributions to the art world. The opening of the book delves into the early life of James McNeill Whistler, beginning with his birth in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1834. It recounts anecdotes about his family, particularly focusing on his father, Major George Washington Whistler, a prominent civil engineer. The narrative touches upon James’s childhood experiences, his family's influences, and the whimsical claims and contradictions surrounding his birthplace. It sets a tone of both reverence and levity, hinting at the complexities of Whistler’s identity and the familial relationships that shaped him. Through the meticulous detail of his family's history and his early years, the authors offer a glimpse into the factors that contributed to Whistler's later development as a renowned artist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 ND Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Biographies 1467185 2024-09-19T16:59:24.665151 2023-09-20T12:54:05.558025 text/html text/html 1410676 2014-11-16T10:55:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6945352 2014-11-16T10:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6965645 2024-09-19T17:00:14.032923 application/epub+zip 6989871 2024-09-19T16:59:41.244120 application/epub+zip 610979 2024-09-19T16:59:29.184123 application/epub+zip 8582732 2024-09-19T17:00:29.177888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8403854 2024-09-19T16:59:59.363008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 861377 2022-09-21T13:49:57.752639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1174722 1174497 2024-09-19T16:59:20.044279 2023-09-20T12:54:01.164965 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1174126 2014-11-16T10:55:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 456236 2014-11-16T10:55:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18912 2024-09-19T17:00:29.350827 application/rdf+xml 16413 2024-09-19T16:59:29.473129 image/jpeg 2543 2024-09-19T16:59:29.330127 image/jpeg 6946657 2024-09-19T16:59:25.027171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia