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Whistlerian, a.|hwɪˈslɪərɪən|
[f. the name Whistler + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the American painter and wit James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) or his work; after the style of Whistler.
1891E. Dowson Let. 2 Feb. (1967) 183 Oscar arrived late looking more like his Whistlerian name, in his voluminous dress clothes, than I have ever seen him. 1905W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne ii. 19 A sort of Whistlerian nocturne of golden fog! 1927Chesterton Robert Louis Stevenson iv. 92 We talk of some Whistlerian satire as a squib; but satire can only shine in the dark. 1956D. Jones Let. 24 Aug. in R. Hague Dai Greatcoat (1980) iii. 170 I'm glad to have found one surviving little oil study from this almost Whistlerian world. 1960Times 15 Nov. 16/5 This is all very well in an aesthetic and Whistlerian sense. 1979S. Weintraub London Yankees vi. 180 His [sc. Sargent's] icily elegant and Whistlerian portrait..of Madame Judith Gautreau.
Also Whistlerism |ˈhwɪslərɪz(ə)m|, the style or æsthetic theory of Whistler; ˈWhistlerish a.
1912C. Rowley 50 Yrs. Work without Wages 147 We discussed the prevailing fashions of Whistlerism, Impressionism, and..post-Impressionism. 1918G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits (1932) 40 They are art for art's sake: the political variety of Whistlerism. 1979Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Nov. 10/4 The subject of the Thames..her Whistlerish visual evocations. |