James McNeill Whistler: A Symphony of Light and Shadow James Abbott McNeill Whistler, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 10, 1834, was an American-born artist who ultimately forged a singular path as a painter, printmaker, and theorist within the vibrant artistic landscape of late 19th-century Britain. His life’s work can be understood not merely through the finished canvases he produced – iconic works like *Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1* (famously known as *Whistler's Mother*) and *Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket* – but also through his radical ideas about art itsel…