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

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Symphony in Green and Violet

Symphony in Green and Violet, one of the 'Six Projects', dates from 1868. 1

Symphony in Green and Violet, Freer Gallery of Art
Symphony in Green and Violet, Freer Gallery of Art

The 'Six Projects' comprise Venus [YMSM 082], Symphony in Green and Violet [YMSM 083], Variations in Blue and Green [YMSM 084], Symphony in White and Red [YMSM 085] and Symphony in Blue and Pink [YMSM 086] and The White Symphony: Three Girls [YMSM 087]. This group of paintings was mentioned by William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) in his diary for 28 July 1868, when he wrote that Whistler was 'doing on a largish scale for Leyland the subject of women and flowers.' 2

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 83).

2: Rossetti 1903 [more], p. 320.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret