Whistler's Mother ☶ James McNeill Whistler ☷ Canvas sunrise including a mother and child

including a mother and child

He depicts himself with a halo above his head

and a loving couple

Modigliani painted several nudes between 1916 and 1917

Whistler's Mother ☶ James McNeill Whistler ☷ Canvas sunrise including a mother and childArrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871) by James McNeill Whistler, best known as Whistler's Mother, or Portrait of the Artist's Mother, is one of the most famous works outside the United States by an American artist. When first exhibited, the Victorian era audience would not accept a portrait labeled as an "arrangement," which led to the additional title, which created the nickname Whistler's Mother. It has been described as both an American icon