1887
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Entrance Gate is a 1887 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a simple wooden gate with two tall posts and a crossbar. Behind it, a building with a sloped roof and small windows is barely visible through the gate’s open space. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried note. The artist used a dry, scratchy style—no smooth shading, just sharp marks. This was a fast way to capture the scene, not a polished drawing. Next, check out lithography to see how artists make prints like this.
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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