James McNeill Whistler: Subjects & Themes
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Buildings
236 worksBoats
153 worksWater
124 worksPortraits
102 worksStreets
101 worksCity
68 worksWindows
61 worksArchitecture
50 worksInteriors
50 worksLandscapes
47 worksRivers
43 worksTrees
43 worksShips
42 worksBridges
41 worksDoor
Doorways and water-gates, a recurring Whistler motif in Venice, Chelsea and Lyme Regis - flat facades framing a shadowed interior.
39 worksDresses
39 worksCityscape
Whistler's views of the city as an arrangement of horizon, water and sky - long lagoon panoramas of Venice and low-lying views of London.
38 worksChild
37 worksGirls
37 worksCostume
33 worksHats
30 worksVenice
Whistler's Venice of 1879-80 - back canals, doorways, lagoons and palace facades from the First and Second Venice Sets - rather than the city of postcards.
29 worksHuman Figures
28 worksFemale Figure
27 worksHouses
26 worksHorses
23 worksSky
20 worksChairs
18 worksGenre
17 worksFemale Nudes
16 worksLondon
Whistler's London, from the working wharves of the 1859 Thames etchings to the lithotint nocturnes of Battersea.
14 worksAnimals
12 worksHarbor
Wharves, docks and moorings on the Thames, the subject of Whistler's early etchings and of paintings such as Wapping and Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf.
12 worksTable
12 worksBoys
11 worksExterior
11 worksGardens
11 worksMother And Child
Whistler's tender late prints and drawings of a young mother with her child, including the etching Cameo, No. 1.
11 works