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provides essays on 12 paintings and biographies of 8 artists: William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), Henry Twachtman (1853-1902), Childe Hassam (1859-1935), and others. (National Gallery of Art)
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Reflections is a portrait of William Merritt Chase's favorite subject at Shinnecock, his wife, Alice Gerson, seated at night in the large central hall of their house. Pictorially and psychologically, it is one of Chase's most complex paintings. |
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Gondoliers' Siesta |
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