James Abbott McNeill Whistler's famous 1871 oil on canvas was actually conceived as "an experiment in color." It's called Arrangement in Gray and Black No.1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother. One of ...

An early painting by 19th century American artist James McNeill Whistler is the focus of an exhibition at Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art. The big and fascinating show does not feature his ...

The somber portrait known to most of us as "Whistler's Mother" (its actual title is "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1") is out of the latest edition of Janson's History of Art. A more colorful ...

Official connoisseurs reported to the French Government that Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black—the portrait of his mother—”is not yet ready for the Louvre.” Of all American canvases this was ...

Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," pays a visit to a painting of another famous mother at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: James... When Whistler's model didn't show up, his mom stepped ...

One of the world's most famous mothers traveled from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to the Philadelphia Museum of Art last month, and seems to like it. She's getting lots of attention from visitors, and ...