James McNeil Whistler biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of James McNeil Whistler

Author Name:

James McNeil Whistler

Born As:

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Other Names:

Born:

10 Jul 1834

Died:

17 Jul 1903




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Painter and etcher                          
                          
Mother Anna Matilda McNeill, his father's second wife
Father George Washington Whistler                           
Honors:

Whistler achieved worldwide recognition during his lifetime:
Elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich - 1884
Officer of the Légion d'honneur in France - 1892
Charter member and first president, International Society of Sculptors, Painters, & Gravers - 1898.                          
Lived and worked mainly in Britain and France.