At the Window William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). At the Window, ca. 1889. Pastel on hand-applied gray ground, on commercially pre-printed canvas attached to a wooden stretcher, 18 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. ( x cm). Along with Robert Blum, William Merritt Chase was a founding member of The American Society of Painters in Pastel. In this evocatively backlit image of his young wife at a window, Chase employed the nuanced effects of layered and blended pastel touches to suggest her shadowed features. He used a more vigorous, sketchy hand in describing the lace accents edging her necklin
At the Window William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). At the Window, ca. 1889. Pastel on hand-applied gray ground, on commercially pre-printed canvas attached to a wooden stretcher, 18 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. ( x cm). Along with Robert Blum, William Merritt Chase was a founding member of The American Society of Painters in Pastel. In this evocatively backlit image of his young wife at a window, Chase employed the nuanced effects of layered and blended pastel touches to suggest her shadowed features. He used a more vigorous, sketchy hand in describing the lace accents edging her neckline and bodice. American Art ca. 1889
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