whistler
noun
a person or thing that whistles.
Whistlerian
-
a word derived from
Whistler.
Example Sentences
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These miraculous little things alternate between photographic precision and Whistlerian atmospheres, as in “Seascape.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
There’s nothing particularly innovative about the composition, but the casual, impulsive feel of the etched line is very Whistlerian.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2014
Across the way, “Rain on the River” of 1908, a sweeping view of Riverside Park, busy railroad tracks and the Hudson rendered in misty, Whistlerian grays, has an effortless ease.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2012
On excursions to Dieppe and Venice, he corseted the limp, nebulous, Whistlerian technique with steel-ribbed draftsmanship and an exact sense of time & place.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the Whistlerian gospel, the artist not only has now no point of contact with the public, but he should not have and never has had any.
From Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects by Kenyon Cox
