Whistler's Mother
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1871)
Whistler's Mother is an <strong>austere orchestration of tone and geometry</strong> that turns a private sitting into a public monument. The strict profile, black dress, and white lace are set against flat greys, a patterned curtain, and a framed Thames print to create <strong>measured balance and silence</strong> <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
