1879
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Hurlingham is a 1879 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet river with two boats sailing toward the shore. On the left, a building with a flat roof sits near trees, while on the right, more trees line the water’s edge. The lines are loose and quick, almost like scribbles, but they still show the shapes clearly. The boats have tall, narrow sails that catch the light, making them stand out. The artist used lots of cross-hatching—tiny parallel lines—to build up shadows and light. Look up James McNeill Whistler to see how he played with light and mood in other works.
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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