Coast Scene, Bathers

Oil on panel, 1884

About this work

Coast Scene, Bathers (1884–85) by James McNeill Whistler. Oil on panel.

James McNeill Whistler

American-born painter of tonal harmonies

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the Gilded Age. He was averse to sentimentality in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo 'art for art's sake'.