1879
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Old Battersea Bridge is a 1879 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a bridge over murky water, with a few people walking across. Below, a wooden fence runs along the bank, and a couple of figures stand near it. The lines are loose and quick, like a hurried sketch. The artist focused on light and shadow to show depth, not fine details. The bridge looks old and weathered, with rough edges. Check out chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark to create mood.
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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