Portrait of a Lady in Black (Annie Traquair Lang)

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

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Portrait of a Lady in Black (Annie Traquair Lang)

1911

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) Portrait of Anna Traquair Lang (American, 1885–1918)

William Merritt Chase was an early pioneer of Impressionist aesthetics in the United States and enjoyed immense popularity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A celebrated teacher, Chase likely first met his protégée Annie Lang (1885-1918) in 1901 when she enrolled in one of his annual summer schools on Long Island. Painted in the summer of 1911 outside Florence, Italy, while Chase was on one of his many extended sojourns in Europe, this portrait of Lang suggests the close, perhaps intimate, relationship between the two artists. The painting incorporates the rich fabrics, ornate décor, and elegant attire that characterize Chase's interior scenes.

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Portrait of a Lady in Black (Annie Traquair Lang)

Date:

1911

Artists:

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) Portrait of Anna Traquair Lang (American, 1885–1918)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

59 1/2 × 47 3/4 inches (151.1 × 121.3 cm) Framed: 69 × 57 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (175.3 × 145.4 × 8.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Alex Simpson, Jr., Collection, 1928

Accession Number:

1928-63-4

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

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