Nude
William Merritt Chase
c. 1901
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 50.6 x 41 cm (19 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.) framed: 61.6 x 51.3 x 4.4 cm (24 1/4 x 20 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1995.47.1
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