1859
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Greenwich Pensioner is a 1859 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a tall hat, sitting on a bench with his legs stretched out. His coat and posture look relaxed, but the lines are quick and rough. The background is filled with loose, sketchy strokes—like hurried notes—around a few trees and a fence. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create the texture, scratching directly into the metal plate. This left fine lines and a grainy look, almost like handwritten scribbles. Next, check out etching to see how artists like Whistler made prints this way.
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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