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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Viral Warning by Robert Sherer, Image 1.

    Robert Sherer

    Viral Warning, 2013

    HIV+ and HIV- blood on paper

    25.25 x 22 in (64.14 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Sahara Folio by Walter Darby Bannard, Image 1.

    Walter Darby Bannard

    Sahara Folio, 1974

    Mixed media on canvas

  3. From the Jolley Corner Suite by Peter Winslow Milton, Image 1.

    Peter Winslow Milton

    From the Jolley Corner Suite, 1971

    Etching on paper

    9.375 x 14.625 in (23.81 x 37.15 cm)

  4. Print D by Bernard Cohen, Image 1.

    Bernard Cohen

    Print D, 1971

    Lithograph on paper

    28.5 x 35.5 in (72.39 x 90.17 cm)

  5. Reverend Isaac Thomas, Rose Hill by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Reverend Isaac Thomas, Rose Hill, 1968

    Gelatin silver print

    17 x 11 in (43.18 x 27.94 cm)

  6. Todd Webb

    The Day The Montgomery Ward Catalogs Arrived, 1959

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  7. Eddie Cantor by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Eddie Cantor, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  8. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth, 1803

    Engraving on paper

    17.25 x 23.75 in (43.82 x 60.33 cm)

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About the artist

James McNeill Whistler

American

1834-1903

James McNeill Whistler was a British-American painter and printmaker. He was a proponent of "art for art's sake" during the period leading up to the first Modernist movement. Whistler is known for his paintings of nocturnal London, full-length portraits, and black-and-white etchings and lithographs. Throughout his career, he was influenced by various artistic movements and styles, including realism, seascapes, townscapes, the River Thames, the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Japanese prints, and calligraphy. He also appreciated Eastern art and Hellenistic earthenware Tanagra figurines. His Aesthetic portraits, characterized by simple forms and muted tones, were shaped by his attraction to Diego Velazquez’s paintings. Whistler was also a high priest of bohemianism and won a libel suit against John Ruskin, who had attacked his work "Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket" (1875). In his later years, Whistler was somewhat out-of-step with his contemporaries due to his lack of interest in Impressionistic-styled colorful landscapes.