Artwork
A Fragment of Piccadilly
A Fragment of Piccadilly is a print by the Impressionist artist James McNeill Whistler. It dates from 1886 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
A Fragment of Piccadilly is a print by James McNeill Whistler, created in 1886, and is now held at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts a nocturnal London scene, with gas lamps casting a glow on wet pavement on a rainy night.
Technique & Style
Whistler worked quickly, using memory to inform his rendering of the scene, which he termed a 'nocturne.' The loose brushstrokes evoke a sketch-like quality, characteristic of his approach to capturing atmospheric effects.
Artist & collection
Artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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