1889
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bridge, Amsterdam is a 1889 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy bridge packed with people and horses. The buildings on either side are drawn in quick, sketchy lines, like the artist was rushing. The water below is full of tiny, crisscrossed strokes, making it look choppy and alive. The bridge’s railing is packed with figures, some standing, some walking—no one is still. The artist used a mix of light and dark lines to show depth, almost like shadows under the bridge. Try looking up etching to see how this technique works up close.
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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