1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Garden is a 1880 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a tall, narrow doorway framed by thick stone walls. Inside, a small group of people stands on a set of wide steps, looking upward at a faintly drawn figure in a niche above. The walls are rough and textured, with quick, scratchy lines that make them look uneven. The artist used a lot of cross-hatching—tiny parallel lines—to build up shadows and depth. The paper itself has a visible texture, like old paper with a laid pattern. Next, look up etching to see how artists like Whistler made prints with acid and needles.
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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