1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Twelve Etchings from Nature: Fumette is a 1858 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting still, wrapped in a heavy shawl over a voluminous dress. Her hair is loose, and her hands rest on her lap. The lines are rough and scratchy, like quick strokes with a pencil or etching tool. The artist left her face mostly in shadow, making her look serious. The edges of her dress fade into the paper, almost like it’s dissolving. Look up James McNeill Whistler next—he often played with light and dark this way.
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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