The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following,
Yes. I think Whistler’s eccentric and intriguing public persona caused people to consider him an artistic lightweight. The reason why is that Whistler had an amicable personality that allowed him to relate with all kinds of people.
We are talking about the famous American painter and artists James A. Mc. Neill Whistler (1834-1903). He spent most of his time living in Great Britain, meanwhile in the United States was living the complex times of the Gilded Agre.
Whistler was a man that like to express his emotions through art, just for the pleasure of creation.