#29, aired 2025-01-22 | ART CLASS $2,600 (Daily Double): The woman in this 1871 masterpiece is sitting down because she got tired of standing while posing for her son Whistler's Mother |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $600: In this work mom is seated, facing left--or is it right? Anyway, she's clad in black with a white lace cap Whistler's Mother |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $800: "Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 1" is so formal!
Please, call the 1870s painting by this more familial 2-word name Whistler's Mother |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $2000: Grey & Black:
To be specific, 1871's "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1", an artwork much better known by this 2-word name Whistler's Mother |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $1200: "Whistler's Mother" & Manet's "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe":
this Paris museé the Museé d'Orsay |
#7742, aired 2018-04-17 | ART $800: "At the Piano" is a double portrait not of this artist's mother, but of his niece and his half-sister (James Abbott McNeill) Whistler |
#7138, aired 2015-09-30 | PAINTED LADIES $400: Officially, this maternal painting is titled "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1" Whistler's Mother |
#6605, aired 2013-05-10 | PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER $400: The mother of all portraits of an artist's mother is by him Whistler |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $400: In this work mom is seated, facing left--or is it right? Anyway, she's clad in black with a white lace cap Whistler's Mother |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | WHISTLER $200: James Whistler's "Arrangement in Black & Gray No. 1", a portrait of her, was initially rejected by the Royal Academy his mother |
#5848, aired 2010-02-03 | PORTRAIT OF WHOM? $1200: This person seen here by Rembrandt, not Whistler the artist's mother |
#5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $800: This May holiday was honored in 1934 by a stamp featuring a famous painting by Whistler Mother's Day |
#4642, aired 2004-11-09 | HELLO MOTHER $1600: The painting of "Whistler's Mother" is owned by this French art museum that used to be a train station Musée d'Orsay |
#4566, aired 2004-06-14 | MIDDLE NAMES $800: This artist's middle names were Abbott McNeill; just ask his mother (James) Whistler |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | PAINTINGS $800: This monochrome portrait of a woman is actually titled "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1" Whistler's Mother |
#3790, aired 2001-02-09 | PRETTY PICTURES $400: The portrait of this artist's mother is really called "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1" (James) Whistler |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $600: 1 of 2 paintings referred to in the lyrics of "You're the Top" Mona Lisa (or Whistler's Mother) |
#3149, aired 1998-04-16 | IN THE MOVIES $200: In 1997's "Bean", Rowan Atkinson sneezes on & messes up the famous painting of this artist's mother Whistler |
#2933, aired 1997-05-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2,500 (Daily Double): He painted the portrait seen here: James Whistler (Whistler's Mother) |
#2626, aired 1996-01-22 | THE SMITHSONIAN $400: The Freer Gallery has the largest U.S. collection of this American artist's works. but no portraits of his mother Whistler |
#2072, aired 1993-09-14 | OOPS! $200: We had this artist's mother hanging around the Louvre; she's now in the Musee d'Orsay Whistler |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $500: The Freer Gallery boasts a major collection of this artist's works, tho his "mother" hangs in the Louvre Whistler |
#1882, aired 1992-11-10 | ART $200: This artist's mother could have told you he was greatly influenced by French painter Gustave Courbet James Whistler |
#1696, aired 1992-01-06 | ART $200: She was the subject of James Whistler's most famous painting Whistler's mother |
#1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $100: An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair Whistler's Mother |
#365, aired 1986-01-31 | ART TRIVIA $200: If you're facing Whistler's mother, she's looking off in this direction left |