1889
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Balcony, Amsterdam is a 1889 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a building with a balcony in Amsterdam. The balcony has three people on it, and a woman is standing in the doorway below. The building is made of stone, and there are other buildings around it. The artist used a lot of lines to create the texture of the stone and the shadows. The people on the balcony are looking out at the street, and the woman in the doorway is looking down. The whole scene is very quiet and peaceful. This etching is a great example of Impressionism, a movement that focused on capturing everyday life and light.
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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