1888
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chapel Doorway, Montresor is a 1888 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a simple doorway with a set of wide stone steps leading up to it. Above the door is a small balcony with a carved railing, and two statues stand on top of the building. To the left, a smaller window is drawn in the same rough style. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick notes. The artist focused on shapes and shadows, not details. The paper has a textured look, common in old etchings. Next, check out etching to see how artists like Whistler made prints 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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