The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Sunrise; gold and grey dates from Whistler's painting expedition to Cornwall between January and March 1884.

Sunrise; gold and grey, National Gallery of Ireland

This work was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 917).

Images

Subject

Site

Sunrise; gold and grey, National Gallery of Ireland

According to Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946), who organised Whistler's exhibit in Dublin, this represents 'a bit at the end of Barnoon Terrace St. Ives, Cornwall.' ¹ St Ives was a busy fishing town in Cornwall, south-west England.

Technique

Conservation History

The paper has browned where it is not painted.

History

Provenance

• 1884: bought from Whistler by Jonathan Hogg (1847-1930), Dublin;
• 1930: bequeathed to the National Gallery of Ireland.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 917).

Exhibitions

• 1884: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 47) 'Twilight; gold and grey' or (cat. no. 55) 'Sunrise; gold and grey'.
• 1884: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 231) as 'Sunrise – gold and grey'.
• 1888: Exhibition of Paintings, British Dental Association, Dublin, 1888 (cat. no. 5) as 'Sunrise'.
• 1904: Pictures presented to the City of Dublin to form the Nucleus of a Gallery of Modern Art, also pictures lent by the executors of the late James Staats Forbes and others, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1904 (cat. no. 255) as 'Evening'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 917).

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 47) 'Twilight; gold and grey' or (cat. no. 55) 'Sunrise; gold and grey'.
• Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 231) as 'Sunrise – gold and grey'.
• Exhibition of Paintings, British Dental Association, Dublin, 1888 (cat. no. 5) as 'Sunrise'.
• Pictures presented to the City of Dublin to form the Nucleus of a Gallery of Modern Art, also pictures lent by the executors of the late James Staats Forbes and others, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1904 (cat. no. 255) as 'Evening'.

Newspapers 1855-1905

• Anon., 'British Dental Association', The Irish Times, Dublin, 22 August 1888, p. 5.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Shades of Grey: Painting without Colour, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2013.
• James McNeill Whistler, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art 2014, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 2014.

Websites

• National Gallery of Ireland website at http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie.