| De Blaas' colourful and rather theatrical period images of Venetian society, e.g. On the Balcony (1877; Private Collection), were quite different to JW's delicate pastels and etchings of the courtyards, balconys and canals of modern Venice, although at times JW did show a similar concern for anecdotal detail. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908; Bénézit, E., Dictionaire critique et documentaire des peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris, 1960; Johnson, J., and A. Greutzner, The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Woodbridge, 1980; MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice, London, 2001. | |