1879
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Study is a 1879 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman standing sideways, her arms resting on a ledge. She’s dressed in a long, flowing gown that drapes over her body, and her hair is pulled back neatly. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a quick sketch. The artist used a simple tool—lithography—to draw this. The paper has a textured look, and the marks are soft, like pencil on paper. Next, check out lithography to see how this technique works.
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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