1883
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Swan and Iris is a 1883 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet wetland scene. Tall reeds grow in the foreground, with two flowers—maybe irises—peeking through. Behind them, a dark, misty shore has a few small trees or posts, and the water looks still and shallow. The artist used soft, smudged lines to blur edges, almost like the scene is seen through a light fog. This makes the whole thing feel calm and dreamy. If you like this style, check out Impressionism.
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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