Cleveland Museum of Art
The Old Road to the Sea
William Merritt ChaseLinkedCulture matchlcp-90a19935d9f7
- Date
- c. 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- America
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 117715
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
One of the most influential of the American Impressionists, William Merritt Chase established his own summer school at Shinnecock, on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Attracted to the low-lying dunes and beaches, Chase and his students were among the first American artists to pursue open-air painting. With its varied brushwork and warm colors, this painting is among the finest works Chase produced at Shinnecock. The panoramic scene glows with the light of a summer day. The Chase school at Shinnecock, active from 1891-1902, was instrumental in expanding the influence of Impressionism in the United States. Chase loved big dogs, variously owning a greyhound, a borzoi, and an Irish wolfhound.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
- Provenance
- Mr. W. H. Fuller, purchase 1896; Henry White Cannon, New York.
Part of a LinkedCulture topic
American Landscape and Coastal PaintingsThese works are 19th-century oil paintings depicting natural landscapes and seascapes from the northeastern United States, particularly coastal New England regions and rocky shores.
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