1880
pastel
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore is a 1880 pastel by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a quiet scene of a church on an island. It's a view of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The artist used soft colors to depict the scene, which is interesting because it shows how much he liked the city's calm atmosphere, with its old buildings and waterways. You can learn more about the artist's style by looking at the work of 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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