Imagine stepping beyond the physical gallery walls of Tate Britain and engaging in a conversation with one of its most intriguing artists, James McNeill Whistler. This seance documents a unique encounter offering fresh insight into his work and the current Tate Britain exhibition dedicated to his legacy. https://youtu.be/0F5XPmJ_6D8 Members of the Whistler Society presented questions to the Spector of Whistler on his approach to painting emphasizing mood and atmosphere over s

DANIEL E. SUTHERLAND - LETTERS FROM AMERICA At this festive time of the year (I am writing in mid-December), I always enjoy reading two Christmas classics: Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Blue Carbuncle.” Yes, the latter really is a Christmas tale, celebrating, as Sherlock Holmes himself reminds us, “the season of forgiveness.” It also reminds me of the many similarities between Holmes and James Whistler. Naturally, they differ in some way

Elizabeth and Joseph Pennell say that Whistler and Beatrice chose the site together. The reliability of the Pennells’ reporting aside, Whistler fancied St. Nicholas as his last stop on earth for two reasons.

There is no doubt that Whistler was born in the United States. Even he, except for the Ruskin trial, when he swore to have been born in St. Petersburg, Russia, never denied that fact. For him, it was merely a question of where in the United States he had been born, and that was a moveable feast.