Special Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists at Home and in Europe

7 Nov 1881 – 26 Dec 1881

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, James Abbott McNeill Whistler — James Abbott McNeill Whistler · Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1871

Exhibition

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia

7 Nov 1881 – 26 Dec 1881

Documented entries: 425
Documented artists: 23

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About this exhibition

About the exhibition

This special exhibition brought together 425 catalogued paintings by American artists working at home and in Europe. The original preface explains that railway delays postponed the announced 1 November 1881 opening to 7 November; the official PAFA archive gives 26 December as the closing date. The complete numbered list has been visually reviewed and transcribed. Selection marks distinguish the Paris, Munich and London committees, while historical owners are kept separate from catalogue sale prices and current holdings. Whistler’s portrait of his mother is securely identified as catalogue no.191, historically associated with Henry Graves & Co.; the other surviving physical works and versions remain under reconciliation. Joint authorship, repeated titles, source spelling and ditto references are preserved. Later sources that label this same showing1882 are recorded as a date conflict, without creating a duplicate exhibition or assuming an undocumented extension.

Painting

Also recorded as: Paintings by American Artists at Home and in Europe

Works & records

Images where available. Every entry keeps its exhibition evidence.

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Jas. Fairman.
The voice of the ocean, Bass Rocks, Mass.
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Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt.
Luna
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G. H. McCord.
Moonlight, Milton Creek
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C. C. Cook.
Still life
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Lucy D. Holme.
Yellow nelumbo
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Wm. M. Brown.
Fruit and flowers
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T. A. Richards.
Basket of flowers
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S. H. Crone.
Study head
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M. A. Waas.
An art study
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Otto Wolff.
Portrait of Mr. W. R. D
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E. D. Lewis.
Calm evening at Narragansett Pier
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Miss H. A. Granbery.
Lilacs
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Emma W. Fullerton.
Midsummer recreation. No. 2.
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Chas. Lanman.
The upper Potomac
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F. C. Richter.
Old mill in Cheltenham
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, Portrait of the Artist's Mother
1871
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A. Fredericks.
Greek cup bearer
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L. B. Harrison.
Motherless
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Miss E. C. Siter.
Portrait of Puff
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Ernest Longfellow.
Morning
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W. G. Beaman.
Sunset, Pont Aven
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Jos. R. De Camp.
Street scene, Venice
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Chas. Bridgman.
The gipsy
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E. L. Henry.
By the sea side
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M. J. Heade.
Jersey meadows
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H. R. Poore.
Breakfast at the kennel
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G. H. McCord.
Salt meadows near Rye, N.Y
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Margaret Ruff.
After the fog
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S. B. Waugh.
Prof. S. S. Haldeman
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G. Ruger Donoho.
Haystacks at Fleury, France
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P. Rosenzwey.
Early morning
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J. W. Mansfield.
Cumulus, Keene Valley, Adirondacks
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W. H. Snyder.
Trimming her hat
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Warren Sheppard.
Coming on soundings
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W. M. Brown.
Winter scene, with old brewery
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L. Fagan.
Flower girl
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A. P. Ryder.
Spring
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F. P. Brownell.
Environs of Barbizon, study
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C. Prevost Grayson.
Blanchisseuse bretonne
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Julius Schledorn.
Rest at the roadside
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Mrs. C. B. Coman.
A peasant’s home in Allery, France
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E. Sanguinetti.
Mustangs in a snow storm
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John Moran.
Cupica Bay, Isthmus of Darien
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Geraldine Reed.
Kathleen
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Frank Moss.
A tune before breakfast
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F. F. Martinez.
Hop picking at Richfield Springs
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H. M. Rosenberg.
Public garden
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Paul Weber.
Return from the fields at evening
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H. N. Hyneman.
Repose
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J. W. Dunsmore.
La Sultana
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Artists & people

23 artists

Creators identified in exhibition research. Individual work records show the available evidence.

W.C. Bauer
exhibiting artist
Ralph Albert Blakelock
exhibiting artist

Exhibition record & evidence

“Recorded as exhibited” follows an object’s exhibition history. “Listed in exhibition” follows a public artwork listing. Exhibition participation, ownership and present display are separate facts.

Original catalogue title and425 numbered painting entries.

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