Don’t Miss This Chase

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William Merritt Chase, “Spring Flowers (Peonies),” 1889, pastel on paper, (c) Terra Foundation for American Art 2016

Often overlooked but important painter William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) is the subject of a can’t-miss exhibition featuring 80 of the artist’s finest works in oil and pastel.

Currently on view through January 16 at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, “William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master” is a blockbuster exhibition featuring more than 80 of the artist’s finest works in oil and pastel. A brilliant observer and experimental painter, Chase’s influence extended well-beyond the canvas and into many of the most important art circles at the turn of the last century.

William Merritt Chase, “The Lake for Miniature Yachts,” circa 1888, oil on canvas, (c) Private Collection 2016
William Merritt Chase, “The Lake for Miniature Yachts,” circa 1888, oil on canvas, (c) Private Collection 2016
William Merritt Chase, “Ready for the Ride,” 1877, oil on canvas, Henry and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund 2016
William Merritt Chase, “Ready for the Ride,” 1877, oil on canvas, Henry and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund 2016

Via the museum, “Rediscover this important and overlooked master, praised for his artistic skill in both oil and pastel, as well as for the variety of his subjects: sympathetic images of women, jewel-like landscapes, views of urban parks, and scenes of children at play. The first complete examination of the artist in more than three decades, the exhibition brings together 80 of the painter’s finest works in both oil and pastel, drawn from public and private collections across the United States.”

To learn more, visit the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster is the former Editor of Fine Art Today and worked as an editorial and creative marketing assistant for Streamline Publishing. Andrew graduated from The University of North Carolina at Asheville with a B.A. in Art History and Ceramics. He then moved on to the University of Oregon, where he completed an M.A. in Art History. Studying under scholar Kathleen Nicholson, he completed a thesis project that investigated the peculiar practice of embedded self-portraiture within Christian imagery during the 15th and early 16th centuries in Italy.

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