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American-born, British-based artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) created some 550 works in oil during his lifetime, of which around 340 survive today. As a leader of the aesthetic movement and a founder of tonalism, Whistler had a profound effect on art in the 19th century and influenced many artists, particularly in America. Whistler was a proponent of the credo "art for art's sake" and sought to achieve, above all, tonal harmony in his works. Many of his paintings' titles contain musical terms such as symphony, nocturne, harmony, and arrangement, reflecting the parallels he found between his art and music.

Today, Whistler's works are held by a large number of institutions around the world with significant collections housed at the Freer Gallery, Hunterian Art Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, and Tate Britain. This list is based on the 2020 online catalog compiled by Margaret F. MacDonald and Grischka Petri which was developed from the 1980 catalogue raisonné by Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer and Hamish Miles.

Paintings ImageTitle Date Medium Dimensions Collection The Artist's Niece 1849 Oil on paper 8 x 7.5 cm Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow 001 The Fishwife 1855 Oil on millboard 32.9 x 25.3 cm Private collection 006 Whistler Smoking 1856–1860 Oil on panel 25.7 x 18.1 cm Private collection 009 Copy after Ingres' 'Roger delivrant Angelique| 1857 | Oil on canvas | 82 x 53 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 011 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=GLAHA:46395&gn=All+Fields

!scope=row| Vision of Saint Luke (copy of Jules-Claude Ziegler) | 1857 | Oil on canvas | 92 x 68 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 015

!scope=row| Copy after a Snow Scene | 1857–1858 | Oil on canvas | 91.5 x 61 cm | Colby College Museum of Art, Maine | 017

!scope=row| Head of a Peasant Woman | 1855–1858 | Oil on panel | 25.9 x 18 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 021

!scope=row| Interior | 1858 | Oil on panel | 39.3 x 29.8 cm | Private collection | 022

!scope=row| Rue des Buttes (Montmartre) | 1859 | Oil on canvas | 67.6 x 100.3 cm | Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts | 022a | https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/33978/rue-des-buttes-montmartre

!scope=row| Portrait of Whistler with a Hat | 1858 | Oil on canvas | 46.3 x 38.1 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 023

!scope=row| At the Piano | 1858 | Oil on canvas | 67 x 90.5 cm | Taft Museum of Art, Ohio | 024

!scope=row| Head of an Old Man Smoking | 1859 | Oil on canvas | 41 x 33 cm | Musée d'Orsay, Paris | 025

!scope=row| La Mère Gérard | 1858–1859 | Oil on millboard | 30.5 x 22.2 cm | Colby College Museum of Art, Maine | 026

!scope=row| La Mère Gérard | 1858 | Oil on panel | 24.1 x 17.8 cm | Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Maryland | 027

!scope=row| Portrait of Major Whistler | 1857–1859 | Oil on panel | 31.3 x 25.1 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 029

!scope=row| Portrait of Lucas Alexander Ionides | 1860 | Oil on canvas | 40.6 x 30.4 cm | Private collection | 032

!scope=row| Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge | 1859–1863 | Oil on canvas | 63.8 x 76 cm | Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts | 033

!scope=row| Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room | 1860 | Oil on canvas | 96.3 x 71.7 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 034

!scope=row| Wapping | 1861 | Oil on canvas | 71.1 x 101.6 cm | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 035

!scope=row| The Thames in Ice | 1860 | Oil on canvas | 74.6 x 55.3 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 036

!scope=row| The Coast of Brittany (Alone with the Tide) | 1861 | Oil on canvas | 87.3 x 115.6 cm | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut | 037

!scope=row| Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl | 1860 | Oil on canvas | 213 x 107.9 cm | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 038

!scope=row| The Last of Old Westminster | 1862 | Oil on canvas | 60.96 x 78.1 cm | Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts | 039

!scope=row| The Blue Wave, Biarritz | 1862 | Oil on canvas | 61 x 87.6 cm | Hill-Stead Museum, Connecticut | 041

!scope=row| A White Note | 1862 | Oil on canvas | 14.5 x 12.5 in | Colby College Museum of Art, Maine | 044

!scope=row| Battersea Reach | 1863 | Oil on canvas | 50.8 x 76.36 cm | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 045

!scope=row| Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach | 1863 | Oil on canvas | 50.8 x 68.6 cm | Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | 046

!scope=row| Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks | 1864 | Oil on canvas | 93.4 x 61.3 cm | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania | 047

!scope=row| Sketch for Rose and Silver: La Princesse du Pays de la Porcelaine | 1863–1864 | Oil on fiberboard | 62.8 x 34 cm | Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts | 049 | https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/2060/sketch-for-rose-and-silver-la-princesse-du-pays-de-la-porce

!scope=row| The Princess from the Land of Porcelain | 1863–1865 | Oil on canvas | 201.5 x 116.1 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 050

!scope=row| Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Grey: The Chinese Screen | 1863–1879 | Oil on canvas | 50.8 x 30.5 cm | Private collection | 051

!scope=row| Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl | 1864 | Oil on canvas | 76.5 x 51.1 cm | Tate Britain, London | 052 | http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/whistler-symphony-in-white-no-2-the-little-white-girl-n03418

!scope=row| Chelsea in Ice | 1864 | Oil on canvas | 17.75 x 24 in | Colby College Museum of Art, Maine | 053

!scope=row| Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf | 1864 | Oil on canvas | 61 x 46 cm | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 054

!scope=row| Battersea Reach from Lindsey Houses | 1864–1871 | Oil on canvas | 51.3 x 76.5 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 055 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=GLAHA:46358&gn=All+Fields

!scope=row| Variations in Flesh Colour and Green—The Balcony | 1864 | Oil on panel | 61.4 x 48.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 056

!scope=row| Sketch for 'The Balcony''' | 1867–1870 | Oil on panel | 61 x 48.2 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 057

!scope=row| Study of Draped Figures| 1864–1865 | Oil on canvas | 39.7 x 57.5 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 058 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=GLAHA:46335&gn=All+Fields

!scope=row| Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen| 1864 | Oil on panel | 50.1 x 68.5 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 060

!scope=row| Symphony in White, No. 3| 1865–1867 | Oil on canvas | 51.4 x 76.9 cm | Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham | 061

!scope=row| The Artist's Studio| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 62.2 x 46.3 cm | Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin | 062

!scope=row| The Artist in His Studio| 1865–1866 | Oil on paper on panel | 62.9 x 46.4 cm | Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | 063

!scope=row| Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 50 x 76 cm | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Massachusetts | 064

!scope=row| Sea and Rain| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 53.02 x 73.34 cm | University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan | 065

!scope=row| Blue and Silver: Trouville| 1865 | Oil on millboard | 59.3 x 72.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 066

!scope=row| Crepuscule in Opal, Trouville| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 13.75 x 18.125 in | Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio | 067

!scope=row| Symphonie en argent et émeraude| 1865–1868 | Oil on canvas | 50 x 73 cm | Private collection | 068

!scope=row| Green and Grey. Channel| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 52.7 x 95.9 cm | Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey | 069

!scope=row| Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea)| 1865 | Oil on canvas | 51.5 x 76.9 cm | Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | 070

!scope=row| Nocturne, The Solent| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 50.2 x 91.5 cm | Gilcrease Museum, Oklahoma | 071 | https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/011185

!scope=row| Symphony in Grey and Green The Ocean| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 80.7 x 101.9 cm | The Frick Collection, New York | 072

!scope=row| Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 75.9 x 58.6 cm | Tate Britain, London | 073 | http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/whistler-crepuscule-in-flesh-colour-and-green-valparaiso-n05065

!scope=row| Valparaiso Harbor| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 76.6 x 51.1 cm | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. | 074

!scope=row| The Morning after the Revolution: Valparaiso| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 76.5 x 63.9 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 075 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=GLAHA:46325&gn=All+Fields

!scope=row| Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso| 1866 | Oil on canvas | 76.4 x 50.7 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 076

!scope=row| Annabel Lee| 1869–1897 | Oil on canvas | 105.5 x 50.7 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 079 | https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/details?irn=41283&catType=C&referrer=/results&q=GLAHA:46377

!scope=row| Sketch for 'Annabel Lee | 1869–1870 | Oil on panel | 30.7 x 22.6 cm | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow | 080

!scope=row| Venus| 1868 | Oil on millboard | 61.9 x 45.6 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 082

!scope=row| Symphony in Green and Violet| 1868 | Oil on millboard mounted on panel | 61.9 x 45.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 083

!scope=row| Variations in Blue and Green| 1868 | Oil on millboard mounted on panel | 46.9 x 61.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 084

!scope=row| Symphony in White and Red| 1868 | Oil on millboard mounted on panel | 46.8 x 61.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 085

!scope=row| Symphony in Blue and Pink| 1868 | Oil on millboard mounted on panel | 46.7 x 61.8 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 086

!scope=row| The White Symphony: Three Girls| 1868 | Oil on panel | 46.4 x 61.6 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 087

!scope=row| Three Figures: Pink and Grey| 1868–1878 | Oil on canvas | 185.4 x 139.1 cm | Tate Britain, London | 089 | http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/whistler-three-figures-pink-and-grey-n05971

!scope=row| Young Girl with Cherry Blossom| 1867–1872 | Oil on canvas | 139.2 x 73.7 cm | on long-term loan to the Courtauld Gallery, London | 090 | https://gallerycollections.courtauld.ac.uk/object-lp-1997-xx-18

!scope=row| Harmony in Flesh Colour and Red| 1869 | oil and wax crayon on canvas | 39.69 x 35.56 cm | Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts | 091

!scope=row| Sketch of a Figure with Flowers and Japanese Fans| 1869–1873 | Oil on canvas | 31 x 17.5 cm | Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, Virginia | 092 | https://collections.maiermuseum.org/mDetail.aspx?rID=M.1953.1&db=objects&dir=MAIER

!scope=row| Venus Rising from the Sea| 1868–1873 | Oil on canvas | 59.8 x 49.1 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 093

!scope=row| Study in Grey for the Portrait of F. R. Leyland| 1870–1873 | Oil on canvas | 30.5 x 21 cm | Colby College Museum of Art, Maine | 095

!scope=row| Arrangement in Black: Portrait of F. R. Leyland| 1870 | Oil on canvas | 218.5 x 119.4 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 097

!scope=row| Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames| 1871 | Oil on canvas | 100 x 79.7 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 098

!scope=row| Nocturne: Blue and Silver—Bognor| 1871 | Oil on canvas | 50.3 x 80.3 cm | Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | 100

!scope=row| Whistler's Mother| 1871 | Oil on canvas | 144.3 x 163 cm | Musée d'Orsay, Paris | 101 | https://www.photo.rmn.fr/archive/86-001131-2C6NU0HB0TI2.html

!scope=row| Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea| 1871 | Oil on panel | 50.2 x 60.8 cm | Tate Britain, London | 103 | http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/whistler-nocturne-blue-and-silver-chelsea-t01571

!scope=row| Variations in Violet and Green| 1871 | Oil on canvas | 61.5 x 36 cm | Musée d'Orsay, Paris | 104