Whistler Is Fast Becoming One of My Favorite Artists

I saw these landscapes this week at the Harvard Fogg Art Musuem.

(Nocturne in Grey and Gold: Chelsea Snow, 1876)

(Nocturne in Blue and Silver, c. 1871-1872)

But I started to love his portrait work a while ago when I visited the Frick Collection in NYC.

(Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux 1881-1882)

(Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland 1872-1873)

Just like his landscapes, I like how moody his subjects appear without any dramtic gestures. James McNeill Whistler transmits the subjects outward grace and the inner unrest.