Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Charles Henry Caffin

Title: Sir (Bart., 1913)
Nationality: Anglo-American
Date of birth: 1854.06.04
Place of birth: Kent, England
Date of death: 1918.01.14
Place of death: New York, NY
Category: editor, art critic

Identity:

Charles Henry Caffin was an art critic and author, and the editor of the Studio in America.

Life:

He suggested that Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room y034 was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, particularly those of Kitagawa Utamaro (ca 1753-1806).

Bibliography:

Caffin, Charles Henry, 'James McNeill Whistler', The International Studio, vol. 20, no. 79, September 1903. Caffin, Charles H., American Masters of Painting, Garden City, 1913