10 Season
30 Episode
The Private Life of a Masterpiece - Season 4 Episode 2 James McNeill Whistler: Portrait Of The Artist's Mother
The stark portrait, mainly in greys and black, that James McNeill Whistler painted of his mother is now a picture that is widely lampooned as a portrait of a prim Victorian lady. She is shown smoking reefers, wearing trainers, having a tatoo. But Whistler's approach was revolutionary in its time, wholly departing from the Victorian tradition of sentimental narrative painting. His relationship with his mother was also an intriguing study in contrasts.
- Year: 2010
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- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
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- Cast: Samuel West