Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

Описание: What made the Peacock Room such an artistic triumph – and such a source of conflict? A new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art examines the Peacock Room’s creation and its place in James McNeill Whistler’s career, as well as what it says about the intersection of Western and Japanese art at that time.

In this video, Dr. Diana Greenwold, Smithsonian Institute, Lunder Curator of American Art, takes us on a virtual tour of the exhibition, Ruffled Feathers. This is a unique opportunity to explore James McNeill Whistler's infamous Peacock Room including intimate and formal portraits Whistler created of the Leyland family and the personal relationships that flourished and fractured over the course of the room’s creation. We are grateful to Dr. Greenwold for her fascinating talk and for letting us record it to share with interested viewers.

Diana Greenwold specializes in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century American fine and decorative arts. She is particularly interested in stories of trans-national exchange and the ways objects carry and transform culture.

Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler’s Peacock Room is on display in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, until January 31, 2027. Learn more here: https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/ruffle...

Learn more about the Whistler Society: https://www.whistlersociety.org/