honeymuse:

“Art happens no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it…”

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Harmony in Flesh Colour and Red
Oil and wax crayon on canvas; 15 5/8 x 14 in.

I was asked by the lovely Elise to contribute to the series Wanted This Week on her inspiring and beautiful blog, Pennyweight.  You’ll see on her blog that a print of this painting is apart of the feature and you can find also find the buying link to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston if you want one too. :)

(Source: honeymuse)

At the Piano by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1858-59, oil on canvas, 67 x 91.6 c, Taft Museum, Cincinnati

Pas les rafales à propos
De rien comme occuper la rue
Sujette au noir vol de chapeaux;
Mais une danseuse apparue

Tourbillon de mousseline ou
Fureur éparse en écumes
Que soulève par son genou
Celle même dont nous vécûmes

Pour tout, hormis lui, rebattu
Spirituelle, ivre, immobile
Foudroyer avec le tutu,
sans se faire autrement de bile

Sinon rieur que puisse l’air
De sa jupe éventer Whistler.

Variations in Blue and Green by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1868, oil on millboard, mounted on wood. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl by James Abbot McNeill Whistler, 1864, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 51.1 cm; Tate Gallery, London

(Source: fleurs-maladives)

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1875, Oil on wood, 60.3 x 46.6 cm, Detroit Institute of Arts