1890
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Tyresmith is a 1890 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a dimly lit interior scene with several figures in a colonnaded passageway. The scene is created with soft pencil strokes, which emphasize the play of light and shadow. This gives the scene a sense of depth. The artist used simple lines to draw the figures, focusing on the overall mood rather than details. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of lithography.
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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