Red House, Paimpol
Medium
Transfer lithograph with scraping; listed as third state of three (Chicago), actually an unrecorded fifth state; printed in black, gray and red on medium weight ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/8 × 6 9/16 in. (23.8 × 16.6 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (31.8 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.234
Tags
Art Historical Context
James McNeill Whistler’s *Red House, Paim* (1893) captures the quaint architecture of a house in the Breton fishing port of Paimpol,, during one of the’s summer visits to the. Whistler, the American-born master of Aestheticism famed for his tonal harmonies and evocative nocturnes like *Whistler’s Mother*, turned to Brittany for inspiration in the 1890s, a series of intimate lithographs that evoke the area’s rugged charm and everyday life. This print exemplifies his ability to distill atmosphere from simple subjects, rendering the red-hued house against a misty landscape with subtle elegance. ...
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...