Alice Gerson in Prospect Park
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. (34.9 x 49.9 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Chester Dale, 1963
Accession Number
63.138.2
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About this artwork
This painting depicts Alice Gerson, who would become the artist's wife, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, created by William Merritt Chase in 1886. The composition shows the young woman in an outdoor setting, painted with the loose brushwork and attention to light characteristic of American Impressionism. Chase captures the effects of natural light and atmosphere in the park landscape, demonstrating his engagement with Impressionist techniques. The artist met Alice Gerson, whose father managed a succ...
About the Artist
William Merritt Chase
Prolific painter of portraits, interiors, still lifes and landscapes, famed for establishing the fresh colour and bravura technique used in much early 20th-century American painting. He was considered the most important American teacher of his time; after teaching at the Art Students League of NY he formed the Chase School of Art in 1896. Comment on works: genre, Portraits