1858
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Kitchen is a 1858 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a dim, cluttered kitchen with a woman standing near a stove. A window lets in a little light, and a basket sits on the floor. The walls are rough, and the lines are scratchy, like the artist was in a hurry—or just wanted texture. The artist used a needle to carve into the metal plate, then pressed ink into the grooves. That’s how the dark lines and shadows got so sharp. Check out etching to see how artists make prints this way.
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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