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    When Whistler's model didn't show up, his mom stepped in — and made art history

    Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," pays a visit to a painting of another famous mother at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: James Abbott McNeill Whistler's 1871 oil on canvas.
    by Susan Stamberg Jul 12, 2023 1 minute
    James Abbott McNeill Whistler's famous 1871 oil on canvas was actually conceived as "an experiment in color." It's called <em>Arrangement in Gray and Black No.1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother</em>.

    One of the world's most famous mothers traveled from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris to last month, and seems to like it. She's getting lots of attention from visitors, and will hang around until the end of October.

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