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James McNeill Whistler

1834–1903 Movement: Symbolism More on Wikipedia

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, 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".

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Whistler. Dandy and Maverick

Van Gogh Museum · Amsterdam, Netherlands

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16 Oct 2026 — 10 Jan 2027

A focused exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, exploring the American-born artist as both a flamboyant dandy and a bold, unconventional thinker who reshaped modern art.