1880
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
San Biagio is a 1880 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet harbor scene with a small boat in the water. Behind it, a big building with arched windows sits on a hill. The drawing is mostly in shades of gray, with quick, sketchy lines that feel loose and fast. Notice how the light and dark areas create depth—this is called *chiaroscuro*. The artist used shadows to make the scene feel three-dimensional. Look up chiaroscuro to see how it works in other famous art.
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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