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Whistler and Mother Portrait Fame at the Louvre
The painting commonly called Whistler's Mother became globally famous and now hangs in the Louvre. James McNeill Whistler, born in 1834 in Lowell Massachusetts, left the U.S. at 21 to study art in Paris and never returned. He gained fame late in life and died in 1903 after a career marked by wit and flamboyant style.
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Whistler
Louvre Museum
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France
James McNeill Whistler
Lowell
Mass
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