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James McNeill Whistler
ninteenth-century art
Whistler's "Mother"
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- ISBN 9781783342891
- Publication Date: 06 May 2026
- Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this spy-on-the-canvas portrait of James McNeill Whistler, Sarah Walden—the renowned restorer of The Mother—pieces together the intriguing relationship between the sitter and her famous son, the role of women in his life, and his friendships with Oscar Wilde, Proust, Manet, and Monet. Walden's unique vantage point offers a rare insight into Whistler's larger-than-life personality, the birth of modern art, and America’s first masterpiece.
Sarah Walden studied art history at the Courtauld Institute and is one of the world's leading restorers of old - and new - masters, having restored paintings for museums and galleries around the world - from the Louvre to the Uffizi in Florence, including Rembrandts, Titians, Gauguins and Picassos; her previous book is The Ravished Image (introduced by Sir Ernst Gombrich).
