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

 

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