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Key Figures

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[Ignace] Henri [Jean-Théodore] Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer. He painted portraits, genre and still-life subjects. He was Courbet’s student for a while in 1861. Fantin-Latour was close friends with Whistler, whom he met in 1858, and introduced him to Courbet. With Legros, Whistler and Fantin-Latour formed a group called the Société de Trois [Society of Three]. Whistler and Fantin-Latour were at the centre of the revival of lithography in the 1890s.

Milly Finch
Finch was Whistler's model. Whistler painted three portraits of her in the mid 1880s, including Harmony in Coral and Blue: Miss Finch [link – Painting/Figure/GLAHA 46321]. She also posed for a number of drawings.

Ione Franklin (born 1877)
Ione was the daughter of Whistler and his model and mistress Maud Franklin. She had a sister Maud Mary Whistler Franklin who died at an early age. Ione was brought up by foster parents.

[Mary] Maud Franklin (1857-c.1941)
Maud was Whistler's model and mistress, and an artist in her own right. She was christened Mary after her mother Mary Clifton, and in later years exhibited paintings under the name “Clifton Lin”. She was Whistler’s model and mistress from around 1877 until his marriage in 1888. She was beautiful, passionate, artistic and a sensitive and expressive model. Maud called herself “Mrs Whistler”, and had at least two daughters by the artist: Maud Mary Whistler Franklin and Ione. However, Whistler behaved extremely badly towards her and abandoned her abruptly after his marriage.

Maud McNeill Whistler Franklin (born 1879)
Maud was the daughter of Whistler and his model and mistress Maud Franklin. She had a sister Ione who was brought up by foster parents. Maud died in infancy.

Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919)
Freer was a Detroit industrialist, collector and founder of the Freer Gallery of Art. He travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East, and is known principally as a collector of oriental art. He met Whistler in March 1890 on his first visit to London, and became an important friend and patron. He bought nearly 70 oil paintings by Whistler and a large number of prints. He also bought Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [link – Design/Interiors/GLAHA 46071, Peacock video] which is now a centre piece of the Freer Gallery of Art’s displays.

Loie Fuller (1862-1928)
Loie was an American dancer and choreographer. In her dance performances she transformed herself into flowers, birds, flames, moths, and clouds. She experimented with coloured lighting, which she projected onto her flowing silk costumes for dramatic effect. She was greatly admired by Whistler, who made a number of drawings of her, including Loie Fuller Dancing [link – Works on paper/Drawings/GLAHA 46173].

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Gainsborough was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was famous for his elegant portraits and his idyllic landscapes. He was among the first to experiment with new printmaking techniques. His use of thin glazes had an immense influence on the work of Whistler. Like him, Gainsborough also used long brushes.

Constance (“Connie”) Macdonald Gilchrist (1865-1946)
Connie joined the company of the Gaiety Theatre at the age of 12 as a skipping rope dancer. She had a highly successful career as dancer and actress and posed for artists such as Whistler and Frederic Leighton. In 1892 she married married Edmond Walter Fitz-Maurice, the seventh Earl of Orkney.

Charles Gleyre (1806-1874)
Gleyre was a Swiss painter and teacher. He specialised in classical and biblical subjects. His students included Claude Monet and Whistler. Whistler enrolled as his pupil in 1856. Through Gleyre, Whistler learned how to arrange colours on a palette [link – Studio/Tools and Materials/GLAHA 54146] and to paint on a dark ground [link – Studio/Techniques].

Edward William Godwin (1833-1886)
Godwin was an architect and designer. In 1876 he married Beatrix Philip, who later became the wife of Whistler. In October 1876 they had a son, Edward (“Teddy”). In September 1877 Whistler commissioned Godwin to build him the White House at 35 Tite Street. In 1877-1878 they collaborated on Harmony in Yellow and Gold: The Butterfly Cabinet [link – Design/Exhibitions/GLAHA 46396].