Symphony in White No. 1 ☴ Whistler ☲ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte it is his most famous

it is his most famous painting

not posing

This painting was a response to critics who judged that work as cold

Goldfish became a recurring subject after his visit to Tangier

and Man with a Ring

Symphony in White No. 1 ☴ Whistler ☲ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte it is his most famousSymphony in White No. 1 (1862) by James McNeill Whistler, was originally called The White Girl. Whistler later called it Symphony in White, No. 1 to emphasize his "art for art's sake" philosophy. The painting was created as a simple study in white, but has been interpreted as an allegory of innocence lost, and as an allusion to the Virgin Mary. The model was the artist's mistress, Joanna Hiffernan. The almost entirely white painting depicts a red