1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Wine Glass is a 1858 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a single wine glass. It sits on a tablecloth, slightly tilted, with light catching the curve of its bowl. The background is dark and fuzzy, making the glass stand out. The artist used shading to show how light hits the glass, making it look almost three-dimensional. This is a trick called *chiaroscuro*—strong contrasts between light and dark. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how artists use light and shadow 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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