James’s work is defined by its impressionism sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Coast Scene, Bathers
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

The Artist in His Studio
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

James McNeill Whistler
Walter Greaves (English, 1841–1930)

Medal Commemorating James McNeill Whistler
Victor David Brenner (American, born Šiauliai, Russian Empire, now Lithuania, 1871–1924)

Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

The Little Nude Model, Reading
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Green and Blue: The Dancer
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea)
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Zaandam
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Sketch after "Arrangement in Black: Lady Meux"
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler
Paul-César Helleu French, 1859-1927

Millbank
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

The Balcony
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903