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

 

The Blue Sea

Technique


                    The Blue Sea, Pushkin State Museum of Art
The Blue Sea, Pushkin State Museum of Art

It is painted thinly, with fluid, expressive brush strokes, sea and sky merging at the horizon. The colour of the sea is a rich deep blue, accentuated by the bright white lines of the breakers.

Conservation History


                    The Blue Sea, photograph, 1969
The Blue Sea, photograph, 1969

                    The Blue Sea, Pushkin State Museum of Art
The Blue Sea, Pushkin State Museum of Art

Unknown. Photographs show no radical changes.

Frame

n/a

Last updated: 14th October 2020 by Margaret