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Alice - William Merritt Chase
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Giclée de archivo
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Descripción
A portrait of the artist's daughter, Alice, captured in a studio setting with painterly attention to texture and light.
William Merritt Chase painted this portrait of his daughter, Alice, during the early 1890s. The work captures the young girl in profile, standing within the artist's studio. She wears a light-coloured dress with lace detailing and a small bonnet, contrasting with the heavier textures of the surrounding environment. Chase employs a painterly technique, using visible brushwork to define the folds of the fabric and the soft light falling across the scene.
The composition is structured around the verticality of the figure, set against a backdrop that includes a large, draped red curtain, a wooden chair with tassels, and a piano. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind her, adding a layer of domestic detail to the studio setting. The palette is dominated by warm, muted tones, with the deep red of the drapery providing a visual anchor. Chase was known for his ability to render textures, and here he focuses on the interplay between the delicate lace of the child's attire and the solid forms of the furniture.
This painting reflects the artist's interest in the aesthetic movement, where the arrangement of objects and the quality of light were as important as the subject itself. The studio environment, often filled with props and curiosities, served as a frequent subject for Chase. By placing his daughter in this curated space, he creates a quiet, observational study. The work avoids sentimentality, instead prioritising the formal qualities of paint application and the balance of light and shadow. It remains a representative example of his studio portraiture, demonstrating his technical proficiency and his eye for composition within a controlled interior space.
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- Marcos: negro, madera natural, madera oscura o blanco
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Alice - William Merritt Chase
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Desde £28.00 GBP
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Desde £28.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
William Merritt Chase
Chase briefly joined the Navy at eighteen. After three months on the USS Vermont and USS Portsmouth he wrote to his father asking to arrange a discharge. He went to art school instead, which was probably better for everyone.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Munich, came home with a technique influenced by Velazquez and the dark tonalities of the old Dutch masters, and became one of the most important art teachers in American history. His pupils included Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Joseph Stella, Marsden Hartley and Rockwell Kent. The list reads like a syllabus for twentieth-century American art.
In 1891 he founded the Shinnecock Hills Summer School on Long Island, the first plein-air painting school in the United States. His friend Stanford White designed his summer house there, with an integral studio. He taught outdoors, painting the dunes and scrubland of the South Fork with a luminous palette that anticipated the Impressionism he would later formally adopt. He was invited to join The Ten, the leading American Impressionist group, in 1902.
His most famous still-life subject was dead fish: whole fish lying on a plate against a dark background, painted with the same tonal precision he brought to landscapes and portraits. The subject sounds monotonous but the paintings are extraordinary, each fish rendered as an individual study in colour and light.
He was not modest. He decorated his studio with antiques and costumes and posed for photographs wearing a top hat. He believed art was a serious profession that deserved serious presentation, which for Chase meant looking like he meant it.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Munich, came home with a technique influenced by Velazquez and the dark tonalities of the old Dutch masters, and became one of the most important art teachers in American history. His pupils included Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Joseph Stella, Marsden Hartley and Rockwell Kent. The list reads like a syllabus for twentieth-century American art.
In 1891 he founded the Shinnecock Hills Summer School on Long Island, the first plein-air painting school in the United States. His friend Stanford White designed his summer house there, with an integral studio. He taught outdoors, painting the dunes and scrubland of the South Fork with a luminous palette that anticipated the Impressionism he would later formally adopt. He was invited to join The Ten, the leading American Impressionist group, in 1902.
His most famous still-life subject was dead fish: whole fish lying on a plate against a dark background, painted with the same tonal precision he brought to landscapes and portraits. The subject sounds monotonous but the paintings are extraordinary, each fish rendered as an individual study in colour and light.
He was not modest. He decorated his studio with antiques and costumes and posed for photographs wearing a top hat. He believed art was a serious profession that deserved serious presentation, which for Chase meant looking like he meant it.
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The same fine art print in a solid wood frame with UV-protective acrylic glaze and rigid backing. Five frame colours. Arrives ready to hang.
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