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Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother)
By Robert Deyber
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bad Hare Day (Whistler's Mother) is a lithograph on paper, initialed 'BD' lower right, 9 x 9 inches
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Bruna Sevini and Whistler's Mother, Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem, American (1932 - 2008) Title: Bruna Sevini and Whistler's Mother Year: 1979
Category

1970s Conceptual Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Rag Gatherers (Kennedy 23V)"Etching signed by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the
Category

1850s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Fabric, Etching

Mother and Daughter
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in San Francisco, CA
Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco (1 impression). “Mother and Daughter” depicts Whistler
Category

19th Century Figurative Prints

"Fulham AKA Chelsea (Kennedy 182), " Original Etching Signed
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait
Category

1870s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"La Mere de Whistler, " an Etching and Drypoint signed by Auguste Brouet
By Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Brouet in the lower right. It depicts famous artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler's mother. 9 3/4" x 7
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

GE Professional TV Service Repairman
Located in Spokane, WA
image of Whistler’s mother in a rocking chair. Of course, during this time frame, all televisions were
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Lone
Located in Bristol, GB
mind the painting ‘Whistler’s Mother’. She has that same steady gaze as well as an air of infinite
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Ode to Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
32 x 36 inches - Edition 3 of 3 with 2 APs Shot in New Orleans in 2014 Inspired by Whistler
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
2014 Inspired by Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also known as Portrait of the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
2014 Inspired by Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also known as Portrait of the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Primary Triangulation Between the Hudson and St. Croix Rivers
Located in Florham Park, NJ
reef system. James McNeill Whistler, who went on to paint the iconic “Whistler’s Mother,” was a Coast
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Bougrelas and his Mother II, from: Series for King Ubu
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983 Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish) Title: Bougrelas and his Mother II, from
Category

1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Ann Chernow, Shadow of a Doubt, Triptych, 2019, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
often do they change the fleas?" 6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Vinyl, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Trouble, 2016, pencil, whiteout, sandpaper on rag paper, framed
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
often do they change the fleas?" 6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Vinyl, Rag Paper, Pencil

Ann Chernow, Sweet Dreams Baby, 2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 33
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
often do they change the fleas?" 6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

Ann Chernow, Noir I, 2015, 15 Lithographs with printed captions, Rag paper, Ink
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
often do they change the fleas?" 6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Rag Paper

Bougrelas and his Mother III, from: Series for King Ubu Bougrelas et sa Mère I
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983 Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish) Title: Bougrelas and his Mother III
Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Aesthetic Phase Pre-Raphaelite Movement Late 19th Century. Sanguine Red Chalk
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
of Charles Augustus Howell through whom she met Algernon Swinburne, Whistler and Dante Gabrielle
Category

Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Bruges (Brügge), 1894 by Symbolist Painter Olof Sager-Nelson.
Located in Stockholm, SE
marked by significant personal challenges, including the loss of his mother at a young age and his
Category

1890s Symbolist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
teens. Despite opposition from his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Tea at the Ritz, New York
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
was in his teens. Despite opposition from his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée
Category

1920s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Chalk

"Axiomatic Appeal" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Fechin, James Whistler and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks' main muses John
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Cerebral Seclusion" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Fechin, James Whistler and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks' main muses John
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Silent Street" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
Fechin, James Whistler and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks' main muses John
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Other Than" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
painting." Shelves in the artist's studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Tomorrow" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
painting." Shelves in the artist's studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Of a Kind" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
painting." Shelves in the artist's studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Odd Woman In" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
painting." Shelves in the artist's studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler
Category

2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait Of A Lady In A Grey Jacket, circa 1900 - Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Located in Blackwater, GB
his father at the age of three, and when his mother died shortly afterwards he was sent to Scotland to
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Still Life Of Wilting Roses, 19th Century
By Henri Fantin-Latour
Located in Blackwater, GB
Theodore Fantin-Latour, portrait painter and teacher of drawing, and a Russian mother. In 1841, his family
Category

19th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Solitude, " Linoleum Block Print, Signed
By George Raab
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Institute’s Painter’s Award Medal for a portrait of his mother, fashioned after Whistler’s famous painting of
Category

20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Making the Run for Home, Cornish Coast. Cornwall. Sail Fishing Boat. Pilchards.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
emigrated to Australia, aboard a ship named the Madawaska. His mother gave birth to his youngest brother
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pueblo Near Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1930s Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
association with James Whistler and his painting in 1900 at Gloucester, Massachusetts with John Twachtman, a
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Wild Flowers Vibrant Colorful Modernist Oil Painting
By John Wenger
Located in Surfside, FL
painted scenery for the traveling theater, worked on drop scenes. His mother disapproved of this and tried
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Three Friends"
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
particular, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Opera Costume Design for The Barber of Seville by Oliver Messel
By Oliver Messel
Located in London, GB
43 cm., 22 ¼ by 17 in.) Born in London, his mother being the daughter of the Punch cartoonist Edward
Category

1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Forest Primeval, " Linoleum Block Print signed by George Raab
By George Raab
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Institute’s Painter’s Award Medal for a portrait of his mother, fashioned after Whistler’s famous painting of
Category

20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

La Soeur ainee The Elder Sister
By James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Whistler and Edgar Degas. You can find a good biographical sketch on Wikipedia. There have been numerous
Category

1880s Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

STUDY of a SEATED FEMAIL NUDE FROM BEHIND.Augustas Edwin John.OM RA British
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Edwin William John, a Welsh solicitor; his mother, Augusta Smith from a long line of Sussex master
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Portrait de petite fille, en buste, cheveux sur les epaules (Ellen 14 ans)
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876, at age 16, he was admitted to
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Miss Taylor
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876, at age 16, he was admitted to the
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Paris Evening
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Robert discovered a
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paris Evening
H 8.25 in W 10.25 in
"The Artist's Portrait'
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Robert
Category

1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

San Pedro
By Robert McIntosh
Located in West Hollywood, CA
, discovering and studying the Masters - in particular, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Spring: Iris and Tradescantia
By Pang Tseng-Ying
Located in Storrs, CT
Whistler-style frame. Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1916, Pang grew up in Peking, China, where his mother, a
Category

1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Tree of Life" Oil Painting
By Ron Hicks
Located in Denver, CO
about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks
Category

2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
By Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and
Category

1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté, Handmade Paper

"Soir de Novembre, Dordrecht, " Eugene Vail, Dutch Landscape with Boats, Cloudy
By Eugène Lawrence Vail
Located in New York, NY
), the son of a French mother and an American father, Lawrence Eugene Vail, studied at the Stevens
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Le Nid (The Nest)
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in San Francisco, CA
parents are from Eastern France, Lorraine.His mother, Solange, is a native of Blénod Toul, a village
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Race
By William John Hennessy
Located in New York, NY
William John Hennessy was born in Ireland. He came to America in 1849 with his mother and brother a
Category

19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Who Pete Townshend 1979 - signed limited edition
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
," about a teenage boy forced to dress and act like a girl by his dominating mother, carried an amazing
Category

1970s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Robert Amft, "Figure Study"
By Robert Amft
Located in Chicago, IL
. His sculpture, Dog, won an award in the 1994 Beverly Art Center Annual Exhibition and his Whistler
Category

1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Signed Correspondence
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Baltimore, MD
Photo print of Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother and signed correspondence on Arts
Category

19th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Wind River, Wyoming
By Eliot Clark
Located in Graton, CA
Southern states. Likely this was a result of his association with James Whistler and his painting in 1900
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seaside Village
By Eliot Clark
Located in Hudson, NY
with James Whistler and his painting in 1900 at Gloucester, Massachusetts with John Twachtman, a family
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude, Grooming in First Light
By Carlo Wostry
Located in Graton, CA
Carlo Wostry was born in Trieste on February 18, 1865. His father was Irish and his mother
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rotherhithe (Thames Set)
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as 'Whistler's Mother', the
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Ann Chernow, I Wake Up Screaming, 2017, Lithograph, Rag paper, Ink, 28 x 36
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
often do they change the fleas?" 6- MOONLIGHT: "I can be framed easier than Whistler's Mother." 7
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Lithograph

Gilt Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
of the Artist's Mother' is an obvious example, but Whistler's 'The Little White Girl' is a portrait
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Questions About Whistlers Mother
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024
    Yes, Whistler's Mother is a real painting. American painter James McNeill Whistler painted the oil-on-canvas work in 1871, and it depicts his mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. Although more well known by the name Whistler's Mother, the painting is actually titled Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1. Shop a range of James Abbott McNeill Whistler art on 1stDibs.