1859
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Axenfeld is a 1859 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man with a beard and curly hair, sitting in a chair. His hands rest on the armrest, and he looks off to the side with a serious expression. The lines are loose and scratchy, especially in his hair and clothing, giving it a rough, textured look. The artist used a drypoint technique, which means they scratched directly into the metal plate to create the image. This method makes the lines look slightly fuzzy and layered. Next, look up Whistler, James McNeill to see more of his early sketches.
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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