Portrait of Miss F. Deforest (aka A Lady in Brown), 1898. William Merritt Chase (American, Impr
Portrait of Miss F. Deforest (aka A Lady in Brown), 1898. William Merritt Chase (American, Impressionism, 1849-1916). Oil on canvas.Although Chase was a successful Impressionist, he never abandoned references to tradition, especially in his portraits and still lifes. Portraits of fashionable women became his stock-in-trade and he commanded $2,000 for a full-length portrait during the 1890s. -- source link
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