I’m thinking of an interwar (I think) work. It’s an abstract rendering of some kind of industrial bridge, done in heavy black brushstrokes over a stark white canvas. I can’t remember the artist or the actual title.
The title is something like “Blahblah Railway Bridge” or “Blahblah Steel Bridge.”
I distinctly remember it being in my high school art history textbook, so I assume it’s by a relatively well known artist.
A little help?
James McNeill Whistler’s “Charing Cross Railway Bridge” 1896?
It’s not the Railway Bridge at Argenteuil is it?
ETA: Nevermind, I think KneadToKnow got it.
Thanks, but nope.
This thing was far more simple - it looked almost like a right-handed painter held a two-inch brush in his left hand and attempted to capture the essence of the form of the ironwork in less than twenty brushstrokes.
If you didn’t know it was supposed to be steelworks, you’d think it was a child’s fingerpaint rendering of Chinese calligraphy or something.
The era isn’t quite right, and I can’t find the title you’re referring to, but your description makes me think of Franz Kline.
Shoot. I thought I had a real shot at that one.
That’s gotta be him.
Quoth Wikipedia:
I was probably just imagining the title.
Thanks for the effort, folks.
