Good Friends(c. 1909)
William Merritt Chase painted this ((c. 1909)), aged 60. It is now at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
William Merritt Chase painted this ((c. 1909)), aged 60. It is now at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- Oil on panel
- Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- 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
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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Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 66.880
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
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