Whistler, Rex
Whistler, Rex (Reginald John Whistler, 1905–44),British painter, illustrator, and stage designer. Whistler's illustrations for Walter de la Mare's The Lord Fish and Other Tales (1933), Andersen's Fairy Tales and Legends (1935), and Gulliver's Travels (1935) are particularly noteworthy. His Gulliver, with maps and pictures in exquisitely detailed pen and ink, is considered one of the great illustrated books of the century. Whistler's first important commission was a series of highly imaginative murals for the Tate Gallery Refreshment Room. The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats (1927) depicts a hunting party embarking from an 18th‐century palace on horseback, chariot, and bicycle. Journeying through mountains and forests, they encounter mythical beasts, cross a broken bridge haunted by mermaids, and return home bearing caviar, lobsters, scented tea,...
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