id: 120012 accession number: 1940.795.6 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.795.6 updated: 2022-04-07 20:11:08.487000 Twelve Etchings from Nature: En Plein Soleil, 1858. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Etching on chine collé; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.795.6 title: Twelve Etchings from Nature: En Plein Soleil title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1858 creation date earliest: 1858 creation date latest: 1858 current location: creditline: Bequest of James Parmelee copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: etching on chine collé department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Kennedy 15; Mansfield 12 --- CREATORS * James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: II/II edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00 Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: En plein air typifies the taste for French art and for the practice of executing landscapes out of doors. Whistler referred to the Twelve Etchings from Nature as the "French Set," so-called because the chief sources of inspiration were to be found in the avant-garde French art of the day. Working from a low vantage point, Whistler placed his model on the crest of a hill with a distant town and poplar tree behind her. The bright play of sun on her face, the veiled half-shadow cast by the parasol, the wind-whipped fringe and grasses all contribute to the immediacy of the scene and to the artist’s developing powers to capture nuances of his subject. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.795.6/1940.795.6_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.795.6/1940.795.6_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.795.6/1940.795.6_full.tif