Falling Rocket: James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art
Pegasus Books, December 2023. Hardcover. The untold story of the artistic battle between James Abbot MacNeill Whistler and John Ruskin over Whistler's controversial, ground-breaking Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. In November 1878, America's greatest painter sued England's greatest critic for a bad review. The painter won--but ruined..... More