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

 

Coast Scene: Bathers

Coast Scene: Bathers dates from late 1884 or 1885. 1


                Coast Scene: Bathers, Art Institute of Chicago
Coast Scene: Bathers, Art Institute of Chicago

It may have been painted on Whistler's stay in Dieppe in the autumn of 1885. It is dated by the technique and butterfly.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 326).

Last updated: 3rd December 2020 by Margaret