Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea
James McNeill Whistler · 1871
The story
Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea is a painting by James McNeill Whistler, completed in 1871. It is the earliest of the London Nocturnes and was conceived on the same August evening as Variations in Violet and Green. The two paintings were exhibited together at the Dudley Gallery.
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Date
- 1871
- Collection
- National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Tonalism
- Medium
- oil paint, panel
- Size
- 50.2 × 60.8 cm
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