1878
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Early Morning is a 1878 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet riverbank at dawn. The water is calm, with just a few faint ripples. On the shore, a couple of small boats sit empty, and a few trees stand alone against the pale sky. The artist used a soft, smudgy technique to blur edges—like the mist rising over the water. It’s hard to tell where one thing ends and another begins. If you like this dreamy style, look up Impressionism next.
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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