A busy period of work mainly in his New York studio, Chase met and painted with Whistler in London, and Sargent in New York.
Sargent
Uniquely, he worked as a surgeon before becoming a full-time painter. He eventually became Slade Professor too.
From success to success, she painted the President’s family, and France’s elder statesman and a good friend of Monet.
Her portraits are of the New Woman: well-educated, thoughtful, and increasingly in control of their own destiny.
A rich and successful painter of portraits during the Belle Époque, did he paint any proper fine art?
A summary chronology of the major milestones in the history of oil painting, with copious illustrations from the masters.
His studio was a recurrent motif which tells us much about his promotional activity, and his extended persona.
The model’s mother claimed she was 16, she is almost nude, and a few years later, her jealous husband committed murder.
One dancer, three painters, four portraits of the dancer, and two portraits of Chase himself.
An exhibition in Washington, Boston, and Venice, and three superb books about this master painter and Impressionist. And some of his paintings, of course.
The Eclectic Light Company 