The famous American artist James McNeill Whistler sued his fellow painter (and regular critic) John Ruskin in 1878 following bad reviews of an exhibition of his. Ruskin felt the works shown were a little sloppy, and he was challenged for ‘charging a fortune’ (200 guineas, it is reported) for a painting that, by his admission, only took him ‘a day or two’ to complete.
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