The peacock room

Ceiling of the Peacock Room, James McNeill Whistler

The Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler 1876-7. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/34123

The Peacock Room, the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012 - in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution to enhance the photographic record of their remarkable public resources. From martinstupich.com

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From Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room Artist: James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903 Medium: Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, mosaic tile, ...

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This month, a full-size commentary on James McNeill Whistler’s iconic Peacock Room goes on display at the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C.

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The Peacock Room did not always appear as it does currently in the Freer Gallery of Art. Architect Thomas Jeckyll, and first owner Frederick Leyland conceived of the room as a sort of neo-rococo exercise in chinoiserie. The long windows on the east side overlooked a private park, and the décor was meant to evoke a European notion of a Chinese garden pavilion. Rendering by Peter Nelson

Recently we took part in a conversation regarding a powder room dedicated to the Dark Lord himself (no, not Seraph, although that would make an interesting design scheme complete with tattoo inspired wallpaper and spiked towels. The corpse paint dispenser would of course be Splendor’s…summer is hell on the complexion. No, we are speaking of a room dedicated to Satan himself. Now this sounds well and good on paper but in practicality it is impossible to find good quality Luciferian themed…

James McNeill Whistler - Peacock Room, Freer Gallery, National Mall in DC - online panorama

March 6, 2022In 2008, fine-art photographer Karen Knorr set off for India for what she now describes as a “life-changing journey.” At the time, however, the artist had her reservations about going there. “I’m a white European American,” says the Frankfurt, Germany–born, London-based Knorr. “I didn’t want to be seen as an artist who goes […]

James McNeill Whistler’s masterpiece was not his mother, and not just a painting—it was a place.