Whistler Peacock Room London

The story of the beautiful connects virtual tours of the peacock room to places and faces associated with its dynamic cosmopolitan history from its controversial creation in victorian london by the expatriate american artists james mcneill whistler 1834 1903 to its subsequent use as an aesthetic laboratory in detroit by the gilded age collector and industrialist charles lang freer 1854 1919 who founded of the freer gallery of art the first art museum of the smithsonian institution.

Whistler peacock room london.

A wealthy self made man and an aristocrat of taste leyland collected chinese porcelain as well as old masters and pre raphaelite painting. Whistler s most splendid claim to be king of the aesthetes was the peacock room an opulent dream place in blue and gold that he created for london art collector frederick richard leyland today. History the peacock room was originally designed as a dining room in the townhouse located at 49 prince s gate in the neighbourhood of kensington in london and owned by the british shipping magnate frederick richards leyland. 10 00 buy filthy lucre ginger jar enamel badge.

Leyland engaged the british architect richard norman shaw to remodel and redecorate his home.