The artist of Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket had no external subject in mind, and intentionally made the first non-objective artwork in the history of art.

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This statement is false. The artist of Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, did have an external subject in mind, which was the fireworks display he saw over the Cremorne Gardens in London. While the painting is considered one of the first examples of non-objective art, it was not intentionally created as such, but rather as an abstract representation of Whistler's experience of the fireworks.

The Artist of Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling