James McNeill Whistler

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Whistler, Women and Fashion
Media Alert: The Frick Collection Involved in a Major International Collaboration in 2003; Whistler, Women and Fashion
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First Viewing Together in Twenty Years of the Frick's Whistlers in Three Media, Accompanied by East Gallery Refurbishment
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Cocktails with a Curator: Whistler’s Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac

In the final episode of Cocktails with a Curator, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon bids audiences farewell with a discussion of Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac by James McNeill Whistler, the best-represented artist at the Frick with twenty works in the collection.

video still of Aimee Ng and oil painting of woman standing in white and pink dress
Cocktails with a Curator: Whistler’s “Lady Meux”

In this week’s episode of Cocktails with a Curator, Curator Aimee Ng explores the turbulent life of the woman portrayed in James McNeill Whistler’s serene Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux, currently on view on the fourth floor of Frick Madison. A former bartender and actress, Lady Meux was shunned by London polite society even after she married Sir Henry Bruce Meux, heir to a huge brewery fortune.

Link to video of Joanna Sheers discussing Whistler’s 'Whistler's "Arrangement in Brown and Black, Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder"
Joanna Sheers: "Whistler's "Arrangement in Brown and Black, Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder"

Joanna Sheers discusses Whistler's Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder from the exhibition Portraits, Pastels, Prints: Whistler in The Frick Collection, June 2 through August 23, 2009.

video still of Xavier Salomon and oil painting of woman standing, wearing long dress
Cocktails with a Curator: Whistler's 'Mrs. Frances Leyland'

In this week’s episode of “Cocktails with a Curator,” join Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, as he explores “Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland” by James McNeill Whistler. Delve into the tumultuous history of Whistler’s relationship with Frederick Richards Leyland, the shipping magnate who commissioned the painting, as well as the painter’s affinity for Japanese culture. This week’s complementary cocktail is a Sake Highball on the rocks.

Cocktail Recipe

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Margaret F. MacDonald: "Whistler’s Art: 'An Arrangement in Line, Form & Colour'"

Alex Gordon Lecture in the History of Art
"Whistler’s Art: 'An Arrangement in Line, Form & Colour'"
Margaret F. MacDonald, Professor of History of Art, University of Glasgow

Link to video of Jorgen Wadum lecture
Jørgen Wadum: “Framing the Perspective: Painting Techniques of Vermeer, Whistler, Van Gogh, and Hammershøi”

The interiors of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi reveal an understanding of light and its play in space comparable to that of Vermeer and Whistler, while his methods relate to those of Van Gogh. This lecture illustrates the surprising methodological approaches and techniques used by these artists in creating spatial illusions in seemingly unrelated artistic expressions.

Link to video of Joanna Sheers discussing Whistler’s painting, 'Harmony in Pink and Grey'
Joanna Sheers: Whistler’s "Harmony in Pink and Grey"

Joanna Sheers discusses Whistler's "Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux" from the exhibition Portraits, Pastels, Prints: Whistler in The Frick Collection, June 2 through August 23, 2009.