Pastel
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A pastel is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments
William Merritt Chase, Study of Flesh Color and Gold, 1888, National Gallery of Art
Maurice Quentin de La Tour, a bravura pastel portrait of Louis XV, 1748
Commercial oil pastels
Odilon Redon, Baronne de Domecy, c. 1900, pastel and graphite on light brown laid paper, J. Paul Getty Museum
William Merritt Chase
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William Merritt Chase was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later became the Parsons School o
Pastel
…such as the one revealed in Mother Playing with Child. On the East Coast of the United States, the Society of Painters in Pastel was founded in 1883 by William Merritt Chase, Robert Blum, and others. The Pastellists, led by Leon Dabo, was organized in New York in late 1910 and included among its ranks Everett Shinn and…
Chase in 1900
Self portrait, 1915–16, oil on canvas, Richmond Art Museum
Photo by Noel Rowe of William Merritt Chase in his studio on Tenth Street New York which he held from 1875 to 1895
Mrs. Chase in Pink, Figge Art Museum