Since I have over 500 posts on different artists, I am reblogging a few for people who may not have seen them.
This is one of my favorite Whistler paintings, Old Battersea Bridge, and one of his nocturnes. I do recognize an influence from Japanese woodblock although not Hiroshige in particular. The painting posted to the right beside Whistler’s is Japanese but painter is unknown.
The Japanese commitment to clarity in visual expression is a good contrast to Whistler’s ability to show us the blurring that is present in fog-shrouded reality.