1. William Merritt Chase Flashcards

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At the urging of a patron Chase opened the

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Shinnecock Hills Summer School

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Chase had a lavish New York study where he entertained which he often .

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Included in a painting.

Filled with lavish furniture, decorated objects, stuffed birds, orential carpets, and exotic musicial instraments- Closed in 1895 due to costs.

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Chase adopted the style of painting and often taught students in outdoor classes.

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plein air

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Chase is best remembered for 2 series of landscaoes painted in an impresionist maner. &

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  1. Scene of Prospect and Central Parks in NYC
  2. Summer Landscapes in Shinnecock on Long Island
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In addition to portraits and full lenght figurative works, Chase began painting in earnist in the late 1880s

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Landscapes

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Chase often painted .

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His wife Alice and their children

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Chase worked in all media, he was best known for his.

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Portraits, some of th emost important men and women of the time.

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In addition to painting, Chase was a well known teacher. Along with Robert Henrie, was the most, .

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Important teacher of American artists at the turn of the 20th century.

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In 1881, Chase returned to .

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Italy and the Germany

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Chase was a member of the, a Group of artists and authors.

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tilers

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In 1877, Chase travilled to and later opened a studio in .

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Venice, Italy

New York City

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Chases 1st fame in 1 painting came from for .

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winning a medal in the Philadelphian Contennial Exposition

For ¨Keying Up¨- The Court Jester

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Becuase of declining family fortune, Chase left New York for St. Louis. Chase painted in St. Louis and had a painting exhibited at .

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National Academy 187

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In exchange for , wealthy St.Louis art patrons paid for chase to study for 2 years in .

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Paintings

Europe, Academt of Fine Arts, Munich

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In New York, Chase studied at the with Lemeel Wilmanth, a student of French History painter Jean- Loon Georme.

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National Achedemy of Design

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William Merritt Chase established the which later beccame .

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Chase School

Parsons,The New School of Design in NYC

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William Merritt Chase was influnenced by

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James Whistlen

(¨ Whistlens Mother¨)

Deigo Velazquez

Frank Duveneck

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Jacob Cox had several students, among them was .

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William Merritt Chase

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Chase usually featured prominently in his landscapes, especially in leisurely poses on the dunes of Shinnecock and elsewhere.

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People especially family

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Chase was adapt at capturing light on still- life items such as .

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Metallic surfaces like copper bowls and pitchers.

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Chase painted still lives since he was a student. His most famous still life subject was

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Fish

Agenst dark backgrounds

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Chase won many honors during his career including being a memeber of and presidant of and a memeber of .

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The National Academy of Design

Presidant of Socity of American Artists

Memeber of Ten American Painters or The Ten

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When asked if he wanted to go to Europe to study , he was said to say .

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¨My God, I´d rather go to Europe then go to heaven.¨

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Chase was attached to the painterly realism of old masters such as .

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Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Hal

(Dutch Painters)

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Chase´s New York studio was in the in New York Greenwich Village.

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10th Street Studio Building

designed ad an artist studio

(1st for only artistic use)

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Chase wanted to have the studio in NYC

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Finest

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After served trips to Europe, Chase was encouraged to ¨ ¨

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¨ Don´t try to make your pictures look as if they were done by the Old Masters¨

Alfred Stevens, Belgian Painter

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In 1883, Chase helped to organized an exhabition to raise funds to continued a pedestal for

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Statue of LIberty

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Chase paintings of fasionable women in full-length portrait during the 1890s brought each

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$ 2,000

30
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Chases large fish paintings in the Munich stlye sold for .

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$1,000 t0 $2,000 each

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Forsyth continued the same brush style of ________________.

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Loose brush stroke

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____________ was the only Hoosier Group artist to consistantly work in watercolor.

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William Forsythe

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In 1880, Forsyth apsisted Adams at an art school in Fort Wanye. They then opened a school in _________. There Forsyth tought Francis Focer Brown & his wife, Beulah. They were artist & teacher in Mucie & Ball state.

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Muncie

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_____________ declared artistic independence by declaring “I’ll be myself, or nothing.”

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William Forsyth

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According to William Forsyth there wre 4 resons that Indiana artits chose to study art in Munich instead of Paris

  1. __________
  2. __________
  3. __________
  4. __________
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  1. William Merrit Chase had gone to Muich & was sucessful
  2. No letters of introductionor examinations were needed
  3. Munich was less expenive than paris
  4. German ways were more familiar than the French (There were seveal Germans in Indiana)
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In 1914, Forsyth supervised the painting of 33 murals for the ______________________. He himself paintied a large landscape for the entrance.

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Indianapolis City Hospital

(Now Wishard Hospital)

(Including scences of childhood dtories)

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In 1916,k Forsyth wrote an essay, ____________, for the state’s centennial.

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“Art in Indiana”

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The most award-winning member of the Hoosier Group, William Forsyth was known for __________&_________.

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His volitile personality & Artistic Versatility

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Forsyth lived in an area month of Indianapolis called Irvington (Butler University) and became known as ______________.

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Dean of the “Iriningtom Group”

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In 1906, Forsyth joined the faculty of the Herron School of Art and continued there until 1933, when ______________________. He then did some Wpa works for the Indiana State Library.

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The Depression led to laying off of instructors

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As in Europe, Forsyth reserved a few weeks in the summer to travel and ________________. He met and married his wife on one of those trips.

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Paint with friends

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