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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

1834 - 1903

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His signature for his paintings took the shape of a stylized butterfly with an added long stinger for a tail. The symbol combined both aspects of his personality: his art is marked by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Abbott McNeill Whistler is the 80th most popular painter (up from 431st in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,394th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Painter.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler is most famous for his painting of the "Arrangement in Grey and Black," which is also known as "Whistler's Mother."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Abbott McNeill Whistler ranks 80 out of 2,023. Before him are Pietro Perugino, Rogier van der Weyden, Alfred Sisley, Gustave Doré, Bob Ross, and Jackson Pollock. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Georges Seurat, Berthe Morisot, Canaletto, Bronzino, and Max Ernst.

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Among people born in 1834, James Abbott McNeill Whistler ranks 5. Before him are Dmitri Mendeleev, Edgar Degas, Gottlieb Daimler, and Ernst Haeckel. After him are John Venn, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, William Morris, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Léon Walras, and Carl Bloch. Among people deceased in 1903, James Abbott McNeill Whistler ranks 7. Before him are Pope Leo XIII, Paul Gauguin, Theodor Mommsen, Herbert Spencer, Camille Pissarro, and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. After him are Alois Hitler, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Alexander I of Serbia, Hugo Wolf, and Otto Weininger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Abbott McNeill Whistler ranks 192 out of 20,380. Before him are Phineas Gage (1823), Judy Garland (1922), Bob Ross (1942), Stan Lee (1922), Jackson Pollock (1912), and David Woodard (1964). After him are John Nance Garner (1868), Tom Hanks (1956), John Jay (1745), Brad Pitt (1963), Gene Cernan (1934), and Whitney Houston (1963).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, James Abbott McNeill Whistler ranks 3. Before him are Bob Ross (1942), and Jackson Pollock (1912). After him are Mary Cassatt (1844), Edward Hopper (1882), Man Ray (1890), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Lyonel Feininger (1871).

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