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William Merritt Chase

In Venice

Maker

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)

Title

In Venice

Year

ca. 1877

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

20.6 x 33 cm (8 1/8 x 13 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LR:W.M. Chase

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.846

Type

Provenance

Isaac Comstock Bates, RI

Publications

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty
Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy
Feb 03, 2012 – Jul 08, 2012

Label copy

William Merritt Chase was one of the earliest painters to work in Venice using the new Impressionist style. In sketches like this, he uses short, loose brushstrokes to study the play of light, color, and reflections around a row of ordinary houses in the quiet Dorsoduro neighborhood, with the dome of the Chiesa dei Gesuati beyond. These same qualities and challenges later lured Renoir, Monet, Sargent, and many others to the city on the lagoons. Chase was evidently proud of this work, despite its modest size. He exhibited it at the Providence Art Club in 1882, where it was purchased by local collector Isaac Bates.

From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993
American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection
Jun 26, 1987 – Jan 03, 1988
Selection VII
American Paintings from the Museum's Collection, ca. 1800-1930
Mar 31, 1977 – May 08, 1977

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Tombstone

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)
In Venice, ca. 1877
Oil on panel
20.6 x 33 cm (8 1/8 x 13 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.846

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