1873
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Fanny Leyland is a 1873 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Sitting, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a portrait of a woman in this painting. She's sitting and looking away from us. The portrait shows Fanny Leyland, a woman with a quiet expression. Her face is the main focus of the painting. The artist used simple lines and shapes to draw her. The portrait is interesting because it's a simple, honest picture of a person. It doesn't have a lot of extra details or decorations. To learn more about this style, look up the technique: sfumato.
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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