1894
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Count Robert de Montesquiou, No. 2 is a 1894 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man with wild, curly hair and a mustache. He’s wearing a long coat and holding a hat in one hand. The lines are loose and sketchy, almost like it was drawn quickly. The artist used a technique called lithography, which lets you make prints from a flat stone or metal plate. It’s less detailed than a painting but still full of character. Look up lithography to see how it works.
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.
See the richer artist page
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