. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . that offendedthe Academy and conventional taste, but madea special effort and took special pleasme inshocking the bourgeoisie. Whistler also made his first trip to Hollandduring these years, and became enchantedwith Rembrandt and Vermeer, but took agreat dislike to Van der Heist. In 1859-60youthful efforts of his had been refused at theParis Salon; the same happened again in1863, but he was one of the men who scored asuccess at the Salon des Ref
. The Whistler book; a monograph of the life and positin in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works . that offendedthe Academy and conventional taste, but madea special effort and took special pleasme inshocking the bourgeoisie. Whistler also made his first trip to Hollandduring these years, and became enchantedwith Rembrandt and Vermeer, but took agreat dislike to Van der Heist. In 1859-60youthful efforts of his had been refused at theParis Salon; the same happened again in1863, but he was one of the men who scored asuccess at the Salon des Refusees. A numberof talented painters, and among them men ofgenius like Planet, Cazin, Degas, Harpignies,Vollon, Pissaro, Jongkind and Bracquemond,tired of the chquism and jury of the regularSalon, — a story which repeats itself every-where, — decided to arrange their own exhibi-tion. Napoleon III, in his nonchalant way atrue patron of art, issued an order to arrangethe exhibition of revolt in the same build-ing as the official exhibition. The exhibitionwas a success, and even the Empress Eugenieand the court came to see it. This is really of. Owne d by John H. Whittrmoi-p THE WOMAN IN WHITE. Quartier Latin and Chelsea 19 no significance, as nobody bought anything;but it sounds well, and biographers shouldnever neglect to mention such incidents. One thing is certain: Whistlers picture, The White Girl, even with Manets De-jeuner sur IHerbe in the same room, at-tracted an imusual share of attention. Zola,in LCEuvre, says that the crowd laughedin front of La Dame en Blanc. Desnoyersthought it the most remarkable picture, atonce simple and fantastic with a beauty sopeculiar that the public did not know whetherto think it beautiful or ugly. Paul Mantzwrote in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts thatit was the most important picture in the exhibi-tion and called the picture a Symphonic duBlanc some years before Whistler adoptedthat title. The exhibition of this picture represents, ina way,
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