The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies Whistler

The gentle art of making enemies.

The gentle art of making enemies whistler.

The gentle art of making enemies is a book by the painter james mcneill whistler published in 1890. Whistler s gentle art a classic in the literature of insult and denigration might well be subtitled the autobiography of a hater for it contains the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the nineteenth century. As a historical document it is the best statement of the new aesthetics versus the old guard academics and it helped greatly in shaping the modern feeling toward art. By alfred werner paperback january 1 1967 by james mcneill whistler author 2 3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings.

A man ahead of his time whistler s paintings shocked the artistic sensibilities of the day and won him many enemies in influential art circles in europe and america. The book was in part a response to in part a transcript of whistler s famous libel suit against critic john ruskin.