Portrait of Dora Wheeler
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 159.8 × 166.4 cm · framed: 180.6 × 188.6 × 11 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1921.1239
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About this artwork
Dora Wheeler became Chase's first student when he returned from overseas study in Munich and set up a teaching studio in New York. At the time, few American artists accepted women as private pupils. After her course of study, Wheeler joined her mother in launching a successful decorating firm, one of the first businesses in the country to be operated entirely by women. For the firm, she designed luxurious textiles, and the embroidered silk tapestry that fills the background in her portrait refer...