>>In 1923, when the Freer Gallery of Art became the first art museum to open on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, one room was devoted to the watercolors of the American artist James McNeill Whistler. The museum held one of the largest collections of such works in the world. The delicate works in gold wooden frames, despite being highly sensitive to light, were on view for about a decade before they were removed. But time had taken its toll on the works.

The artworks in the Freer collection cannot be loaned to other museums because of restrictions dictated by the founder’s will, so for more than 80 years, Whistler’s delicate watercolor gems were rarely seen. After much scholarship and conservation, the current exhibition, “Whistler in Watercolor,” brings the works once again to the public eye.<<

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hidden-more-eight-decades-these-exquisite-watercolors-james-mcneill-whistler-make-their-public-debut-180972341/

PermeateFree said:

>>In 1923, when the Freer Gallery of Art became the first art museum to open on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, one room was devoted to the watercolors of the American artist James McNeill Whistler. The museum held one of the largest collections of such works in the world. The delicate works in gold wooden frames, despite being highly sensitive to light, were on view for about a decade before they were removed. But time had taken its toll on the works.

The artworks in the Freer collection cannot be loaned to other museums because of restrictions dictated by the founder’s will, so for more than 80 years, Whistler’s delicate watercolor gems were rarely seen. After much scholarship and conservation, the current exhibition, “Whistler in Watercolor,” brings the works once again to the public eye.<<

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hidden-more-eight-decades-these-exquisite-watercolors-james-mcneill-whistler-make-their-public-debut-180972341/

Oh, it’s a seascape. I thought at first it was a landscspe.

mollwollfumble said:

PermeateFree said:

>>In 1923, when the Freer Gallery of Art became the first art museum to open on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, one room was devoted to the watercolors of the American artist James McNeill Whistler. The museum held one of the largest collections of such works in the world. The delicate works in gold wooden frames, despite being highly sensitive to light, were on view for about a decade before they were removed. But time had taken its toll on the works.

The artworks in the Freer collection cannot be loaned to other museums because of restrictions dictated by the founder’s will, so for more than 80 years, Whistler’s delicate watercolor gems were rarely seen. After much scholarship and conservation, the current exhibition, “Whistler in Watercolor,” brings the works once again to the public eye.<<

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hidden-more-eight-decades-these-exquisite-watercolors-james-mcneill-whistler-make-their-public-debut-180972341/

Oh, it’s a seascape. I thought at first it was a landscspe.

There are others in the link. Personally, that seascape is very realistic and one of the best I’ve seen.

PermeateFree said:

There are others in the link. Personally, that seascape is very realistic and one of the best I’ve seen.

Agree. As soon as I saw the colours of the others I realised.