Whistler's Mother

American  

noun

1. (formal name,Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother ) a painting (1871) by James McNeill Whistler.

---

Whistler's Mother Cultural  

1. The popular title of a painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black Number 1, by James Whistler, which depicts his mother in profile, dressed in black, and seated on a straight chair.

---

Example Sentences

She feels the same way about seeing "Whistler's Mother" in Los Angeles, in particular about seeing it alone on the wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2015

"Whistler's Mother," for example, is lighted by three quartz halogen bulbs that don't exceed an intensity of 200 lux and possess UV filters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2015

If Pater's book The Renaissance is the literary manifesto of the aesthetic movement, its visual masterpiece is Whistler's 1871 painting Arrangement in Grey and Black, No 1 – otherwise known as Whistler's Mother.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

The art in the house occupied by the felines in "Three Little Kittens,"meanwhile, includes a portrait of "Puss in Boots" as well as a painting showing "Whistler's Mother" as a cat.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2011

But the people of Paris began to feel that Whistler, the American artist, was a great master, and the city bought the picture, "Whistler's Mother."

From The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures by Bryant, Lorinda Munson