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SON OF WHISTLER'S MOTHER: JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER

A Living History Presentation

In this costumed, living history presentation, Tim King, portraying the bombastic James McNeil Whistler, comments on various aspects of the artist's colorful life, including his West Point days; his book, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies; and his relationships with his mother, his wife, his brother-in-law, the etcher Seymour Haden, the art critics of his day; and author Oscar Wilde. Mr. King uses two of Whistler's paintings, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rockets and Arrangement in Gray and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother to illustrate some of Whistler's theories and influences. The audience is treated to an exciting look into the life of one who is described as a "rock star" of his time. Adult and high school audiences.

Tim King, actor, musician, and writer, has been active in professional theatre since 1979. He has performed with the Shakespeare Theatre, the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia, and the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia. Mr. King has written and interpreted historical characters for the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis and is currently touring with The Children’s Theatre Association of Baltimore.