Alice Gerson in Prospect Park

William Merritt Chase

1886 · Oil on panel · The American Wing

William Merritt Chase met Alice Gerson (1866–1927), whose father managed a successful New York lithography firm, in 1879 or 1880, and married her in 1887. The young couple settled in Brooklyn, where he painted his first park scenes. One of the artist’s favorite models, Mrs. Chase also appears, about a decade later, in For the Little One and At the Seaside, both hanging nearby. J. Carroll Beckwith, to whom Chase inscribed and gave this tonal sketch, taught with him at New York’s Art Students League.

Artist

William Merritt Chase

Date

1886

Medium

Oil on panel

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Chester Dale, 1963