American Tonalist Painter and Printmaker, 1834-1903, He was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. Related Paintings of James Abbott Mcneill Whistler :. | George W Vanderbilt | Miss Rosa Corder | Old Battersea Beach | Symphony in White, | Portrait of Whistler with Hat | Related Artists: Karl Friedrich Christian Welsch German, 1828 - 1904 Ernst Oppler 1867, Hannover - 1929, Berlin, a Jewish German painter and etcher; elder brother of Alexander. Hippolyte Berteaux (1843 - 1928)
