William Merritt Chase, Portrait of Dora Wheeler
Wade, 1921.1239 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
William Merritt Chase

Portrait of Dora Wheeler

1882–83

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
159.8 × 166.4 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-108988

Dora Wheeler became Chase's first student when he returned from overseas study in Munich and set up a teaching studio in New York. At the time, few American artists accepted women as private pupils. After her course of study, Wheeler joined her mother in launching a successful decorating firm, one of the first businesses in the country to be operated entirely by women. For the firm, she designed luxurious textiles, and the embroidered silk tapestry that fills the background in her portrait references her occupational interest. Chase's portrait was awarded a gold medal at an international exhi…

Provenance

Wade, 1921.1239

Registry history

  • 1882–83 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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