1889
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Zaandam is a 1889 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a row of windmills along a flat, watery landscape. The lines are loose and quick, like hurried notes. In the foreground, reeds and boats bob in shallow water, drawn with rough, uneven strokes. The artist used no shading—just lines and texture to suggest light and depth. This was a fast study, not a polished work. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this carved images into metal plates.
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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