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A Friendly Call, William Merritt Chase, 1895
William Merritt Chase, portraitWilliam Merritt ChaseAmerican, 1849–1916

A Friendly Call

1895 · Painting

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Yes, receiving visitors

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room70 · West Building, Main Floor

On public display.

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About the painting

A Friendly Call is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1895 by the American painter William Merritt Chase. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., in 1943 as part of the Chester Dale collection.

The canvas depicts Chase's wife Alice earnestly chatting with a fashionably dressed visitor in the artist's studio at their summer house at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. The features of the studio are accurately rendered when compared to a contemporary photograph. The use of color and light is reminiscent of the French Impressionists, a style that led to Chase being dubbed an "American Impressionist".

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Accession number
1943.1.2

What it shows

AmusementConversation

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingImpressionism19th centuryAmericanImpressionist

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