Episode 63: James Abbott McNeill Whistler's Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1861-62)
“Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear.”
Whether for his critics, his friends(...?), or his canvases, the Victorian-era, Gilded-age Aesthetic ex-pat painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler had one motto: float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Images Referenced:
Music Used:
Django Reinhardt, “Django’s Tiger”
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, “Slate Tracker,” “Laser Focus,” “The Griffiths,” “Crumbtown,” “Discovery Harbor,” “Leave the TV On,” “Pickers,” “Caraval, “Lady Marie”
Past Episodes Referenced:
Tamar Avishai