1893
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Mother and Child, No. 4 is a 1893 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a seated woman holding a baby. Her loose dress and the child’s small hands are drawn in quick, rough lines. The background is mostly empty, with just a few faint marks for a chair or floor. The artist used smudged pencil strokes to show light and shadow, making the figures look soft and blurred. This style was common in quick studies, not finished works. Next, check out lithography to see how artists like Whistler made prints like this one.
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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