‘Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1’ is what it is: ‘Whistler’s Mother’––and motherhood drawn large

tomsiebert1.blogspot.com – “Whistler’s Mother” is a colloquialism for Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, a painting in oils on canvas created by American-born artist James McNeil Whistler in 1871. The work was lukewarmly rec…