May 20, 2020

William Merritt Chase: New York’s Urban Parks

Well Connected May 20, 2020 Presented by Carol Ehlers

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Arts Insights is generously funded by the Hulda B and Maurice L Rothschild Foundation 1

Modern American Landcapes, Art Institute of Chicago, Sept 7-Nov. 26, 2000

Today’s Program: 1872, Academy of Art, Munich 1878, New York Studio 1887, New York Urban Parks 1891, Shinnecock Summer Art School

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1 May 20, 2020

Still Life with Fruit, 1871

William Merritt Case Oil on panel, 30 ½ x 25 in,. Parrish Art Museum

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2 May 20, 2020

Keying Up The Court Jester, 1875

William Merritt Case Oil on canvas, 39 ¾ x 25 in., Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

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Keying up, The Court Jester, 1875

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3 May 20, 2020

Tenth Street Studio, New York 51 West Tenth Street, Greenwich Village Chase’s Studio 1878 - 1896

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Studio Interior, ca 1881

William Merritt Case Oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 40 1/16 in., Brooklyn Museum

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4 May 20, 2020

Arrangement in Gray and Black and No. 1, 1871

James McNeill Whistler Oil on canvas, 56 1/8 x 64 ¼ in., Museum d’Orsay

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The Young Orphan, 1884 Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882-1883 National Academy of Design Cleveland Museum of Art

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5 May 20, 2020

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Meditation, c. 1885/1886

William Merritt Chase Pastel on canvas, 25 ¼ and 18 ½ in., Private Collection

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6 May 20, 2020

Chase & children in front of house, Shinnecock Hills ca 1908, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N. Y.

Alice Dieudonne

Mary Roland Robert Hazel Helen Dorothy Koto Content Dana Stewart Neamaug Velasquez Bremond Robertine

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Washing Day, c. 1887

William Merritt Chase Oil on wood panel, 15 ¼ x 18 5/8 in., Collection of Lilly Endowment, Inc.

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7 May 20, 2020

Prospect Park Boat House, 1887

William Merritt Chase Oil on wood panel, 10 ¾ x 16 in., Private Collection

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Lawn Tennis, Lawn Meadow, 1886 (Prospect Park) William Merritt Chase, Oil on canvas, 10 x 16 in., Collection of John Pierrepont

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8 May 20, 2020

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Steps of Main Terrace Concert Grove, 1886 (Prospect Park)

William Merritt Chase Pastel on paper, 9 x 13 x 13/16 in., National Museum of American Art

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9 May 20, 2020

Concert Grove in Prospect Park

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Brooklyn’s Tompkins Park

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10 May 20, 2020

A City Park, c. 1887 William Merritt Chase, Oil on canvas, 13 5/8 x 19 5/8 in., Art Institute of Chicago

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(In New York’s Shipyard) Left: Afternoon in the Park, c. 1887, Pastel, 18 x ¼ x 14 ¾ in, Sheim Collection Below: A Bit of Sunlight, c. 1888, Pastel, 7 ½ x 12 ½, Private Collection William Merritt Chase

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11 May 20, 2020

The Lake of Miniature Yachts, c. 1888 William Merritt Chase, Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 in., Metropolitan Museum of Art

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In the Park, A By-Path, c. 1890 William Merritt Chase, Oil on canvas, 14 x 19 7/8 in., Museum National Thyssen-Bornemisza

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12 May 20, 2020

Life at Shinnecock Hill, Long Island 1891, start of Shinnecock Summer Art School

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Wind-Swept Sands, 1894

William Merritt Chase Oil on canvas, 34 ½ x 39 ¾ in., Art Institute of Chicago

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13 May 20, 2020

Alice, 1892 Mrs. Chase in Pink, circa 1905 The Art Institute of Chicago, 67 5/8 x 49 3/8 in. Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA , 47 ¾ x 37 ½ in. City of Davenport Art Collection

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Thank you coming and allowing me to spend some time with you today.

Catalogue for exhibition that was in 2000 Is excellent reference and still available.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s Arts Insights is generously funded by the Hulda B and Maurice L Rothschild Foundation 28

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