Whistler is a Big, BIG hero of mine! I love the concept and the execution both, Angie. I've always wondered if Whistler's mom actually crafted, herself, that peculiar little lacy headdress she's wearing in the painting. And I have no doubt that Whistler picked out every detail of that outfit she's wearing.
Thanks Fi! I actually read up on Anna McNeill Whistler and discovered:
Anna was living with James in London when he finally painted her. “He had kicked his gorgeous red-headed girlfriend out so she could move in,” says Jay Clarke, a curator at the Clark Institute. “The story goes that one day a model did not show up for an appointment when James turned to his mother and said, ‘I always wanted to paint a portrait of you.’ The rest is history.”
You can learn more about Mother Whistler in the rest of the article (sorry, I cannot master your way of putting in a link, so I guess it is copy & paste time!)
Whistler is a Big, BIG hero of mine! I love the concept and the execution both, Angie. I've always wondered if Whistler's mom actually crafted, herself, that peculiar little lacy headdress she's wearing in the painting. And I have no doubt that Whistler picked out every detail of that outfit she's wearing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Fi! I actually read up on Anna McNeill Whistler and discovered:
DeleteAnna was living with James in London when he finally painted her. “He had kicked his gorgeous red-headed girlfriend out so she could move in,” says Jay Clarke, a curator at the Clark Institute. “The story goes that one day a model did not show up for an appointment when James turned to his mother and said, ‘I always wanted to paint a portrait of you.’ The rest is history.”
You can learn more about Mother Whistler in the rest of the article (sorry, I cannot master your way of putting in a link, so I guess it is copy & paste time!)
http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/07/27/whistlers-mother-does-this-classic-american-painting-have-a-racist-backstory/
This is so much fun Angie! Love all them knitting patterns!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo!
DeleteOh yes - she knitted master pieces! Nice one, Angie!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sabine.
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