Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute

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The Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute was a famous late-19th-century conflict between the artist and his patron over the cost and unauthorized transformation of the Peacock Room, which damaged their relationship and became a landmark case in artist-patron tensions.

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instanceOf 19th-century art controversy ⓘ
artist–patron dispute ⓘ
cultural heritage dispute ⓘ
associatedWith Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art ⓘ
concernsLocation Peacock Room ⓘ
concernsWork Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
country United Kingdom ⓘ
documentedIn Whistler’s correspondence ⓘ
contemporary press accounts ⓘ
endTime late 1870s ⓘ
hasAftermath eventual sale of the Peacock Room to Charles Lang Freer ⓘ
hasAspect financial disagreement over Whistler’s fee ⓘ
personal falling-out between artist and patron ⓘ
questions of artistic autonomy versus patron’s control ⓘ
hasCause disagreement over cost of decorating the Peacock Room ⓘ
unauthorized transformation of the Peacock Room by Whistler ⓘ
hasContext Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
late Victorian art market ⓘ
hasGenre art-historical case study ⓘ
hasSubject Peacock Room decoration scheme ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room

patronage of James McNeill Whistler by Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
influenced later debates on control of site-specific artworks ⓘ
involvesConcept artist’s moral rights over completed work ⓘ
patron’s property rights over commissioned decoration ⓘ
tension between decorative art and fine art ⓘ
legacy frequently cited in art-historical literature on the Peacock Room ⓘ
landmark example in discussions of artist–patron relations ⓘ
mainParticipants Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland

James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
relatedTo Whistler’s bankruptcy in the 1870s ⓘ
Whistler’s libel suit against John Ruskin ⓘ
result increased public notoriety for Whistler ⓘ
loss of Leyland as a major patron for Whistler ⓘ
permanent rupture of Whistler and Leyland’s relationship ⓘ
startTime 1876 ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Leyland’s house at 49 Prince’s Gate, London ⓘ
tookPlaceIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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