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William Merritt Chase
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In 1902, the renowned William Merritt Chase hired the younger Robert Henri to teach at the New York School of Art, originally known as the Chase School. It wasn't long before there was friction between the two men. |
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That same year in a letter to his parents Henri wrote “I really do believe that the big fight is on and I look for a great change in the attitude toward the kind of art I have been doing in the coming year.” |
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Chase left the school he founded a few years later, directly a result of his friction with Henri.
Title: Self Portrait, c. 1914
Artist: William Merritt Chase (American 1849-1916)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 20 in.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Artist,
Photograph © 1996 The Detroit Institute of Arts
Image Courtesy: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut organized Painterly Controversy: William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri to examine the artistic styles and relationship between these two great American painters.
The show features thirty-four paintings from private lenders and museums across the United States.
Title: Self Portrait, 1903
Artist: Robert Henri (American 1865-1929)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.
Permanent Collection: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, UNL-Gift of Mrs. Olga N. Sheldon.
Photo © Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Image Courtesy: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
The exhibition gives visitors the chance to compare the works of the two diverse artists while acknowledging the differences and similarities in the two artists’ work.
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A key segment is the pairing of full-size portraits to show their parallel styles and different treatment of the subject matter. |
Painterly Controversy:
William Merritt Chase & Robert Henri
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science:
January 27, 2007- April 29, 2007