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

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The Angry Sea

The Angry Sea dates from between January and March 1884, when Whistler worked in St Ives, Cornwall. 1 On 4 January Whistler told Ernest George Brown (1851-1915) that he was ' tremendously busy with lots of pictures of all kinds.' 2 He described his work to a collector, Alfred Chapman (1839-1917) as 'oil paintings - little beauties.' 3


                The Angry Sea, Freer Gallery of Art
The Angry Sea, Freer Gallery of Art

This painting was exhibited on his return, in his one-man show of 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 2).

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] , cat. no. 282

2: 4 January [1884], GUW #03603.

3: 15 January [1884], GUW #09038.

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