1896
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Fair is a 1896 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a crowded outdoor scene with people walking and standing around. The lines are loose and quick, like hurried scribbles. A few figures hold umbrellas, and the background has blurry buildings with indistinct shapes. The artist focused on movement and rough textures, not perfect details. This style was common in late 19th-century sketches. Look up Realism to see more art 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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