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Long Island Landscape after a Shower of Rain (After the Shower)
1889
89.2
Not currently on view
Artwork Details
15-1/2 x 23-1/2 in. (canvas) 25-3/4 x 33-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. (framed)
Accession NumberJohn Herron Fund
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette- Chase dragged a brush loaded with green paint across the canvas, creating the illusion of a waterlogged landscape with its slick surface. Clouds tinged with gray manifest a passing shower.
- Capturing the ephemerality of nature in a bright palette was characteristic of the French Impressionists, with whom Chase was well acquainted. Like these artists, he painted en plein air (“in the open air”).
- Long Island Landscape after a Shower of Rain was acquired by the Art Association of Indianapolis (now the IMA) and included in their exhibitions for three consecutive years from 1889 through 1891. Undoubtedly, Chase’s Hoosier colleagues saw the picture. They had a similar desire to paint local motifs in an impressionistic manner.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indiana Impressionists
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
August 21, 1999 - October 17, 1999
William Merritt Chase: 1849-1916
Indianapolis Museum of Art Columbus Gallery
September 27, 1997 - November 23, 1997
William Merritt Chase: Works from the Collection
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 12, 1995 - September 22, 1996
After Eden: American Landscape 1875-1925
New Jersey State Museum
May 21, 1988 - September 4, 1988
American Impressionist Painters
Huntsville Museum of Art
December 1, 1978 - January 15, 1979
French Impressionists Influence American Artists
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
March 19, 1971 - April 25, 1971
Exhibition
Springfield Art Association
February 20, 1967 - April 30, 1967
Loan to Indianapolis Public Schools Arsenal Technical High School
June 26, 1925 - Date Unknown
13th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
Art Association of Indianapolis
May 1, 1896 - May 24, 1896
12th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
Art Association of Indianapolis
May 11, 1895 - May 18, 1895
11th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
Art Association of Indianapolis
May 14, 1894 - June 2, 1894
10th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
Art Association of Indianapolis
April 11, 1893 - April 27, 1893
9th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
Art Association of Indianapolis
April 12, 1892 - May 15, 1892
7th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis. ,
Art Association of Indianapolis
April 25, 1890 - May 17, 1890
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