1858
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris is a 1858 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two people in a simple room, surrounded by old things. They seem to be collecting rags. The scene shows a quiet moment in the lives of poor people in 19th-century Paris. This painting is interesting because it shows everyday life in a honest way. It gives us a glimpse of how some people lived back then. You can learn more about the artist who made this, Whistler, James McNeill.
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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