1883
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Reading is a 1883 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You're looking at a lithograph print. It's a portrait of a woman sitting in a chair, reading a book. The scene is simple, with the woman as the main focus. The woman is dressed in Victorian clothing, which suggests the time period of the painting. Her face is blurred, and her body is relaxed, as if she's lost in the book. This style is reminiscent of Impressionism, which focused on capturing everyday moments and scenes.
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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