1896
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Shoemaker is a 1896 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people in a dim room. One sits at a table, hunched over, working on something small. The other stands nearby, watching. The walls are plain, and light comes in faintly from the side. A bed and a few scattered objects fill the rest of the space. The artist used quick, rough lines to show movement and light. The drawing feels like a snapshot of a quiet moment. Next, check out lithography to see how this print was made.
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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