Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler’s Peacock Room
Published on August 30, 2024
From the moment of its creation, the Peacock Room has been a personal, artistic, and cultural battleground. Created by artist James McNeill Whistler for the London home of British businessman Frederick Leyland, the room has a dramatic and complex origin story that works in the Freer Gallery of Art collection help reveal.
"Ruffled Feathers" offers a unique opportunity to see intimate and formal portraits Whistler created of the Leyland family. Additional paintings and examples of design from Leyland’s home help audiences understand how Whistler incorporated motifs sourced from Asia throughout his designs and rethought his own approach to art and art-making.
The exhibition runs from July 13, 2024 - January 31, 2027 at the Freer Gallery, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20004.
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