CAS AH 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alphonse Legros, Zacharie Astruc, Claude Monet
7 Nov 2016
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Born in lowell, massachusetts, whistler spent part of his youth in saint petersburg, russia, where his father, a civil engineer, advised on the construction of the railroad to moscow and. Whistler took drawing classes at the imperial academy of sciences. Upon his return home, whistler entered the united states military academy at west point. He studied drawing with robert w. weir but had less success in other subjects; his failure in chemistry led to his dismissal from the academy in 1854. Whistler arrived in the french capital late in 1855, at least a decade ahead of the great wave of his compatriots who would seek art instruction there. Sp ciale de dessin (cid:523)the (cid:498)petite cole(cid:499)(cid:524) and in charles gleyre(cid:495)s independent teaching atelier, where beaux-arts principles prevailed (and where the future impressionists, including claude. Monet and pierre-auguste renoir, would study a few years later).
