Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

Brittany

Description

The Critic, 30 November 1895, commented that Whistler had 'sent three pastels, delicate and exquisite in colour – suggestions, dreams, flashes of light from the wings of the butterfly as it flits by.'

Site

According to the title, a scene in Brittany, France.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret