More of Chase’s pupils, including early American Modernists John Marin, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, and Georgia O’Keeffe, and many others.
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How the teaching of art, especially that of William Merritt Chase, brought artistic independence to the USA in the late 19th century, painters from Lydia Field Emmet to Louise Upton Brumback.
From Frederic Edwin Church at the Niagara Falls, through Childe Hassam’s Rainy Day in Boston, to William Merritt Chase teaching outdoor painting on Long Island.
He emigrated from Italy to the USA in 1896, where he was trained by William Merritt Chase in New York. He returned to Italy in 1909, adopted modern style, and returned to the US in 1912.
Paintings by Blechen, Brendekilde, Tina Blau, William Merritt Chase and Prendergast, of the Villa Borghese, the Prater, Central Park and Prospect Park.
Tuna fishing in Spain, goldfish sold as pets or in a Berlin flat, underwater with a diver, and in many still lifes, including those of William Merritt Chase, the master of fish.
Glimpses into the world of children, with the 2 daughters of Joseph Coomans, an Italian family, 2 daughters of the Alma-Tademas, and several others.
From the maid washing the linen and Cinderella to fashionable homes of prosperous artists in Nordic countries, we fill a lot of cupboards, dressers, sideboards and others.
Parrots in still life paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, accompanying a Turkish page, in English summer, or passing Pierre Bonnard in Saint Tropez.
Many aspiring painters visited the Prado in Madrid to study its collection of works by the masters. Here are some views of Spain they and its locals painted.
The Eclectic Light Company 