Private Life of a Masterpiece Episode 10: James Whistler - Whistler's Mother

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Private Life of a Masterpiece Episode 10: James Whistler - Whistler's Mother

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Whistler's mother (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, famous under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother, is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 cm × 162.4 cm), displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is now one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa.