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

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Seascape

Technique


                    Seascape, Private collection
Seascape, Private collection

It is exceptionally small for a painting on canvas by Whistler. It is painted with fairly thick creamy paint, the brushstrokes, and some conspicuous brush and palette knife strokes, which are much more obvious than was usual in Whistler's work. The butterfly, painted more thinly, may have been a later addition.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret