1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Venetian Mast is a 1880 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, depicting Street, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a simple mast in the foreground with a Venetian cityscape behind. It's interesting because Whistler made this etching during a time when he was experimenting with different techniques. He was trying to create a sense of atmosphere and mood in his work. Check out the work of artist: Whistler, James McNeill to see more of his experiments with light and shadow.
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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