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James McNeill Whistler

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Born July 10, 1834
Died July 17, 1903 (69 years old)
Lowell, United States
Also known as: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James Whistler
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An American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake" (Wikipedia).