The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies Whistler

The gentle art of making enemies is a book by the painter james mcneill whistler published in 1890.

The gentle art of making enemies whistler. Whistler s gentle art a classic in the literature of insult and denigration might well be subtitled the autobiography of a hater for it contains the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the nineteenth century. The book was in part a response to in part a transcript of whistler s famous libel suit against critic john ruskin. The book was in part a response to in part a transcript of whistler s famous libel suit against critic john ruskin. The gentle art of making enemies is a book by the painter james mcneill whistler published in 1890.

A man ahead of his time whistler s paintings shocked the artistic sensibilities of the day and won him many enemies in influential art circles in europe and america. By alfred werner paperback january 1 1967 by james mcneill whistler author 2 3 out of 5 stars 13 ratings.