1887
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Canal, Ostend is a 1887 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet seaside scene with a few simple buildings along a shore. The waves are drawn in quick, wavy lines, and the sky has light, sketchy clouds. A few people stand near the water, but their faces are just outlines. The artist used loose lines to capture movement, almost like a quick sketch. This style was common in etchings, where ink is pressed into a metal plate. Check out etching to see how artists like this made prints with metal and acid.
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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