1889
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Mill is a 1889 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a dim, cluttered room with two people sitting near a window. Outside, you can just make out windmills and a flat landscape. The walls are rough, and the furniture looks old and worn. The artist used quick, scratchy lines to show light and shadow—notice how the window light hits the person’s face. This was made as a study, not a finished painting. Check out etching to see how artists like this carve into metal plates to print images.
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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