To Seize The Passing Dream Author:Ted Berkman James McNeill Whistler-Butterfly or Scorpion? He lived a life of excitement, mad affairs, glamour and controversy. His personal taste were distincly flamboyant, but in his paintings his hallmark was the subtle use of color, particulary muted shades of grey, brown and black. Ted Berkman brings Whistler vividly to life, and paints a well-rounde... more »d portrait of an artists in revoly, a man of torment, and, without a doubt, a genius.« less