Whistler and Battersea: The Aesthetics of Erasure and Redevelopment

This article looks at the significance of South London for Whistler, particularly the line of Battersea factories that he viewed and depicted repeatedly from his home on Cheyne Walk, where he lived from the 1860s. It uses Variations in Flesh Colour and Green, The Balcony (1864–1873) as a way of cons...

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Main Author: Jon Newman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yale University 2022-04-01
Series:British Art Studies
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Online Access:https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-22/whistler-and-battersea