Why it matters
A woman in white stands on a wolf skin in front of a white curtain, holding a lily. Whistler later renamed The White Girl as a 'symphony' to stress his idea of art for art's sake.
Did you know?
- The model was his mistress, Joanna Hiffernan.
- It was rejected by the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon.
- At the 1863 Salon des Refusés it drew attention alongside Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Based on the Wikipedia article Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (CC BY-SA 4.0).
