In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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James McNeill Whistler — En plein soleil
James McNeill Whistler — En plein soleil
James McNeill Whistler|Auguste Delâtre — En plein soleil
James McNeill Whistler — Nursemaid and Child
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814–1875) — The Large Shepher
Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910) — Vicarage at Son
Jozef Israëls (Dutch, 1824–1911) — Girl with basket seated o
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — The Lido
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911) — Rest of the Traveler
Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910) — The Assignation
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911) — Peasant Woman Seated n
Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889) — A Seated Shepherdess
