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| Image: Freer Gallery of Art |
The Peacock Room was painted for the dining room of British shipping magnate and patron of the arts Frederick Richards Leyland.
The original designer of the room, Thomas Jeckyll, took ill and, in 1877, handed the project over to James McNeill Whistler. When Jeckyll returned he had a severely adverse reaction upon seeing the room, reportedly collapsing and dying in an asylum three years later. Leyland was also displeased with Whistler's work and the two had a falling out.
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| “This room is one of the masterworks of late 19th-century art and design, says the museum’s curator of American Art Diana Greenwold. Freer Gallery of Art Read more |
“The Peacock Room Comes to America” is open at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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