Symphony in White No. 1 ☴ Whistler ☲ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte Portrait of a Man in

Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban (1433) by Jan van Eyck is possibly a self portrait

not posing

Sunrise (1872

This painting was a response to critics who judged that work as cold

standing on a wolf skin with a lily in her hand

Symphony in White No. 1 ☴ Whistler ☲ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte Portrait of a Man inSymphony in White No. 1 (1862) by James McNeill Whistler, was originally called The White Girl. Whistler later called it Symphony in White, No. 1 to emphasize his "art for art's sake" philosophy. The painting was created as a simple study in white, but has been interpreted as an allegory of innocence lost, and as an allusion to the Virgin Mary. The model was the artist's mistress, Joanna Hiffernan. The almost entirely white painting depicts a red