Chase's Pond

Art Historical Context

Walt Kuhn's *Chase's Pond* (1945) invites visitors into a peaceful corner of Ogunquit,, where a quiet pond reflects a simple wooden bridge amid lush surroundings. This evocative painting, housed in the Smithsonian American Art as a gift from LaSalle Spier, exemplifies's late-career focus on landscape, capturing nature's subtle rhythms with a modernist's discerning eye. Kuhn (1877–1949), a key promoter of modern art through his role in the 191 Armory Show, often sought respite in Ogunquit—a vibrant artists' colony on Maine's coast. Created at the close of World War II, the work reflects a post...