Later Works

In 1871 Whistler made his next big painting in which he is known for called Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother. With this painting became tension between Whistler and the Academy and the episode turned so bad that he was pretty much banned from the Academy. During the 1870's Whistler made his greatly appreciated and magnificent Nocturne series. In the 70's Whistler took his love for Oriental art and detail to decoration and created Peacock Room and Fighting Peacocks for a London home. He then created Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 2: Portriat of Thomas Carlyle (1872) and Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1875). In 1877 a critic denounced Whistler and his piece The Falling Rocket and he sued the critic wining but in the end it ended up giving him a bad name and led to his bankruptcy in 1879. Whistler returned to England in 1880 were he messed with a variety of subjects and continued with an interest in the graphic arts creating Red and Black: The Fan and his last painting simply Brown and Gold.

Works Cited:

Holden, Donald. Whistler Landscapes and Seascapes. New York, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1969.

Pioch, Nicolas. "Whistler, James Abbott McNeill". WebMuseum. BMW Foundation, 14 Oct. 2002. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/whistler/