{"product_id":"the-young-whistler-1834-66","title":"The Young Whistler, 1834–66","description":"First published in 1978, The Young Whistler, 1834–66 presents the first thirty-two years in the life of America’s most colourful and controversial artist, up to the time when, following his sudden departure to Chile, he returned a new man and a new artist.   The book offers a vivid picture of Whistler’s boyhood in Russia; a full account of his career at West Point military academy (whose archives were opened freely to Professor Fleming); two lively and amusing chapters on his student days in Paris; a realistic picture of the Thames ‘below bridge’, where Whistler first lived and worked in London, and a detailed view of pre-Embarkment Chelsea, where he spent several of his early years.   Not only does Professor Fleming give the fullest existing picture of the young Whistler, the man and the artist; he provides also vivid portraits of the people in his life: especially his mother, who steps out of her rocking-chair into real life, his sister, Deborah, virtually ignored by earlier biographers; his brother-in-law, Seymour Haden; his closest friend, Henri Fantin-Latour, to whom he wrote long letters in French which have been specially translated for this book; and his mistress, Joanna Hiffernan.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555406127477,"sku":"9781041468462","price":171.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-young-whistler-1834-66","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}