Portrait of the Painter (Whistler)

Portrait of the Painter is a c.1872 self-portrait by the Anglo-American artist James McNeill Whistler.Chilvers & Bean p.142 It was produced when he was living and working in Chelsea on the banks of the River Thames. It marked Whistler's ambitions to be seen as a portraitist in the long European tradition, typified by Rembrandt's 1659 Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar.Murphy p.224

The picture is also known by the longer title Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter. The painting is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan, which acquired it in 1934.https://dia.org/collection/arrangement-gray-portrait-painter/64930

See also List of paintings by James McNeill Whistler

References

Bibliography Chilvers Ian & Bean, Rachel. The Artist Revealed: Artists and Their Self-portraits. Thunder Bay Press, 2003. Jacobi, Carol (ed.) James McNeill Whistler. Tate Publishing, 2026. Murphy, Michael. Proust and America: The Influence of American Art, Culture, and Literature on A la Recherché Du Temps Perdu. Liverpool University Press, 2007. Sutherland, Daniel E. Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake. Yale University Press, 2014.