Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats
c. 1885
![Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats by James McNeill Whistler](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/violet-note-the-return-of-the-fishing-boats-nga-72047.webp)
Medium
watercolor on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 21.2 x 12.7 cm (8 3/8 x 5 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.7.2
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...