1887
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Furniture Shop is a 1887 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a cluttered room full of furniture. Chairs, tables, and shelves are drawn in quick, rough lines. The paper is light, and the ink is dark brown. Some spots look smudged, like the artist rushed or the paper is old. The artist focused on shapes and shadows, not details. The lines are loose, almost like scribbles. This style was common in the late 1800s for quick studies. Next, check out etching to see how artists use acid and metal plates to make prints.
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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