He built his career from scratch three times, but today is known for his paintings of fashionable women. There is more to his art than that.
Whistler
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Three more wonderful American Impressionists, although the lives of two were tragically cut short when they died suddenly.
He became an unabashed Impressionist during his long training in Europe, and was a great painter by any standards.
Whistler developed a unique style which had much in common with the Impressionists, anticipating several of the key features of Impressionism.
Compared with most other European countries, Impressionism largely passed British painters by.
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