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| Harry Chase |
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| American, 1853-1889 |
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| “The Old Pier” |
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| Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right,1880 12 x 20 inches Framed-23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches |
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| Harry Chase was born in Woodstock, Vermont in 1853. He traveled extensively, but spent several years in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at the National Academy of Design in NYC in 1870 and 1871. From 1872 to 1874 he studied at the Royal Academy of Munich. He traveled back to St. Louis but in 1878 he returned to Europe for further study in Paris and then The Hague, in 1879. Returning to America, he went first to St. Louis but then moved to New Bedford for a few years. Chase was institutionalized for mental illness in Poughkeepsie, NY and died in a private retreat in Tennessee at the age of thirty six. Chase was elected an Associate National Academician in 1883 and exhibited frequently at the National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy and the Boston Art Club. An indication of the respect that Harry Chase enjoyed among his fellow artists was that Thomas Moran NA (1837-1926) did three etchings after Chase paintings; in 1885 and two in 1890, while Moran was at the height of his career. The Old Pier is dated 1880, the year after Chase returned from Europe where he painted scenes of the Danish North Sea and the French Coast. Judging from the flag on the ship, which appears to be the French flag, this could be a painting of the French coast he must have produced from sketches or had started in Europe and completed once he returned to the States. Exhibited Paris Salon, 1878 Mechanic’s Fair of Boston, 1878 National Academy of New York Corcoran Gallery |
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