With his many different styles and genres, from sketchy post-Impressionism to his mature Precisionism, he was nothing if not versatile and varied.
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Two highly successful students of William Merritt Chase, who painted significant portraits and more.
The American painter of farm animals, particularly oxen, followed in the brushstrokes of Constant Troyon, except that he has now been forgotten.
Her husband’s paintings are in 36 major collections, but hers are only in 4 smaller ones. Are the collections prejudiced against women painters?
After a period of homage to Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence, he became the painter of Maine, and its rugged landscapes.
Although he painted many abstracts around the First World War, he was primarily a landscape artist, and an avid experimenter in style.
From 1920, his paintings focussed more on his family, then changed direction again in his late landscapes.
One of the greatest US painters of the twentieth century, his early Ashcan works showed the harsh realities of life in the city.
One of William Merritt Chase’s pupils, she was a strong character, and a vigorous advocate for women artists.
An exhibition in Washington, Boston, and Venice, and three superb books about this master painter and Impressionist. And some of his paintings, of course.
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