He painted fireworks in the night sky in a painting that was heavily criticized by John Ruskin called Nocturne in Black and Gold.  
F.R. Leyland commissioned this man to create the Peacock Room, and he painted several depictions of the Old Battersea Bridge.  He painted Joanna Heffernan in a white dress in Symphony in White, no. 1.  He painted fireworks in the night sky in a painting that was heavily criticized by John Ruskin called Nocturne in Black and Gold.  For 10 points, name this artist, whose Arrangement in Grey and Black, no. 1 is more often called The Artist's Mother.
F.R. Leyland commissioned this man to create the Peacock Room, and he painted several depictions of the Old Battersea Bridge.  
James Abbott McNeil {Whistler}