A fascinating and eclectic year in art, as the Masters of the 19th century handed over to the tigers of the 20th.
history of painting
Distinguishing links from stretchtext, and building in a complex non-linear thread.
His golden age, when each summer the family moved up to their house at Shinnecock, where he taught, and painted like never before.
His later paintings became weaker in narrative to the point where some seemed almost trite. What was he up to?
His later paintings, after 1858, are quite different from those he made when a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. How?
A busy period of work mainly in his New York studio, Chase met and painted with Whistler in London, and Sargent in New York.
First in a series detailing his life and work. This covers his training, and first establishing his studio in New York. Plenty of his paintings are included.
Time to add a second narrative thread based on an ‘authority’, and link it in with the main spine.
Her obituary dwelled on grace and charm, dismissing her painting as a leisuretime activity. Here is the last part of her 60 year painting career.
Her time in Florence brought maturity to her work. She then painted a series of major paintings, although you’d be pushed to find any in European collections.
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