1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Gabled Roofs, Vitré is a 1893 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two old houses with steep, slanted roofs. One has a chimney, the other a small tower-like top. The walls are rough, and the windows are narrow with shutters. A cart sits outside the front door of the closer house, and the ground is drawn with quick, uneven lines. The artist focused on simple shapes and light shading instead of details. This style was common in sketches meant to capture quick impressions. Next, check out Realism to see how other artists used everyday scenes like this.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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