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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
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Rs.430.00 Rs.340.00 |
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| by Prakash Aswani |
Date Added: Monday 12 May, 2008 |
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Whistler's Mother
Whistler’s famous painting of his elderly, Puritan mother is one of the most satirised paintings of all time. Yet when his sombre masterpiece was first unveiled, it was seen as a radical departure from the sentimental images beloved of the Victorians, which Whistler loathed.
Provocatively entitled An Arrangement in Grey and Black, it was considered outrageous when it was first exhibited in 1871. But then, much of Whistler’s work baffled the critics and scandalised the public.
However, the painting is now regarded as a precursor of abstract art, the first example of American image-making, and a powerful icon of Motherhood.
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