迪耶普紫罗兰色和灰色市场的变化 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	迪耶普紫罗兰色和灰色市场的变化
品名（英）	Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe
入馆年号	2000年，2000.512
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	James McNeill Whistler【1834 至 1903】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1885
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尺寸	7 15/16 x 5 英寸 (20.2 x 12.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	在惠斯勒于1885年访问诺曼底海滨度假胜地迪耶普期间，他从高处捕捉了繁忙的市场广场，并通过使用垂直格式的纸张突出了场景的生动性。结果是他最令人愉快和复杂的水彩画之一，尽管它的尺寸令人惊讶地小，但充满了能量、多样性和兴趣。这张纸提供了惠斯勒在 1880 年代中期掌握的技巧目录，这是他水彩作品的顶峰。精确的笔触创造了聚集在前景中的风景如画的人物，抽象的轻拍暗示了远处的人群，精致的水洗表明了广场周围的古老建筑。标题"紫罗兰和灰色的变奏曲"既唤起了惠斯勒在创作和命名他的作品时经常追求的音乐联想，也唤起了他对从表象世界中提炼出来的和谐编曲的偏好。继 1886 年在伦敦成功展出水彩画之后，它于 1887 年在巴黎展出，受到卡米尔·毕沙罗等同时代人的赞誉和赞赏，并于 1889 年在纽约展出。其丰富的展览历史增强了其重要性，惠斯勒本人似乎已经认识到这一点。
介绍（英）	During Whistler's visit in 1885 to the Normandy seaside resort of Dieppe, he captured the busy market square from a high vantage point and accentuated the liveliness of the scene by using his sheet in a vertical format. The result was one of his most delightful and complex watercolors, filled with energy, variety, and interest despite its surprisingly small size. The sheet offers a catalogue of the techniques Whistler had mastered by the mid-1880s, the zenith of his work in watercolor. Precise brushstrokes create picturesque figures gathered in the foreground, abstract dabs suggest the distant crowd, and delicate washes indicate old buildings around the square. The title, "Variations in Violet and Gray," invokes both the musical associations that Whistler so often pursued in creating and naming his works and his preference for harmonious arrangements distilled from the world of appearances. Following the successful London exhibition of the watercolor in 1886, it was shown in Paris in 1887, to acclaim and appreciation by contemporaries such as Camille Pissarro, and in New York in 1889. Its rich exhibition history enhancees its importance, which Whistler himself appears to have recognized.