# At the Seaside

**William Merritt Chase** (American, 1849–1916)  
ca. 1892  
Oil on canvas  
20 × 34 in. (50.8 × 86.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 67.187.123. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10464).

## About this work

Figures in summer dress relax on the sand beside a wide, glittering sea in one of the beach scenes William Merritt Chase painted in the early 1890s. Chase spent his summers in these years at Shinnecock on Long Island, where he ran an influential outdoor painting school, and his breezy, sunlit canvases show how he adapted French Impressionism to the American landscape. The quick, confident brushwork captures the freshness of a summer day.

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William Merritt Chase painted this in about 1892, aged about 40. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [William Merritt Chase](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/william-merritt-chase)

American, 1849–1916; born in Williamsburg, Indiana; died in New York

Chase studied at the Royal Academy in Munich, then returned to New York in 1878 to teach at the Art Students League, setting up a lavish Tenth Street studio that became a showcase. His style moved from dark Munich realism to bright, quick outdoor painting, seen in his views of city parks and of Shinnecock on Long Island, where he ran a summer school from 1891. He was among the most influential American teachers of his time, and his students included Georgia O’Keeffe and Edward Hopper.

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## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was about 40
- Real size: about 20 × 34 in (51 × 86 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Beaches, Seascapes, Summer
- Colour: blue
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

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