1887
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Railway Station, Voves is a 1887 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a simple rural scene with a train track running through it. A lone horse pulls a small cart along the track, and a person sits inside. In the distance, a few trees and a church steeple mark the horizon. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a quick note. This style was common in etchings, where artists used sharp tools to carve into metal plates. Look up etching to see how artists like Whistler made these sketches.
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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