1874
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Boy is a 1874 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a young boy in a simple outfit, standing alone in the painting. He looks quiet and still. The boy's face is the focus, and it's interesting because Whistler used drypoint to create it, which is a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate. This method allows for a lot of detail and texture, which Whistler used to create the boy's gentle expression. Look up the work of artist: 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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