Article: Scratching the surface on Whistler ; In Clark exhibit, his work is praised but not questioned

Visual Arts / Art Review

Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly

At: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, through Oct. 19. 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

WILLIAMSTOWN - "Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly," the Clark Art Institute's summer show examining ethereal, soft-focus effects in the paintings of James McNeill Whistler and his American followers, is a fine idea beautifully presented. But from the thinking behind the show something is missing: a healthy dose, I would suggest, of skepticism.

The show takes its title from Whistler's 1880 assertion, "Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like ...

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