Open full image Pin
Standing Figure [verso], by James McNeill Whistler, chalk, 1872

Standing Figure [verso]

James McNeill Whistler

1872

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Dominant colour

Overview

Standing Figure [verso] is a 1872 chalk by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?
James McNeill Whistler
When & what style?
1872 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting is called Standing Figure and it's a nude. It was made by James McNeill Whistler between 1871 and 1874. He used chalk on brown paper to create it. The artist was part of the Impressionism and Realism movements. You can learn more about this style at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, which holds the work, or by looking into the movement Impressionism.

About the artist

Portrait of James McNeill Whistler
Artist

James McNeill Whistler

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.

See the richer artist page

More by James McNeill Whistler

Artifact World Gallery — 100,000 artworks Get the app