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Chase was an indefatigable worker. He had a ready wit; was great as a teacher. He was a pioneer advocate of the beauty of the painted canvas"------"not what thing is painted, but the way it is painted that makes the work of Art."

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Exhibition History"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, January 24 - May 10, 1998

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, (circulated to: Waterloo Municipal Galleries: Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983; Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Apr. 23 - June 5, 1977

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 27, 1960

"Master Painters," Des Moines Art Center, Sept. 11 - Oct. 7, 1951

"19 Paintings from the J.S. Carpenter Collection," Summer 1945, Art Gallery, Des Moines Public Library

"A Memorial Exhibition of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Sansom Carpenter," Des Moines Association of Fine Arts Gallery, Des Moines, Oct. 8 - 30, 1939

"The J.S. Carpenter Collection of Paintings," Iowa's Golden Prairie Biennial, Oakwood, Des Moines, June 16 - 23, 1920
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.49 & 50, b/w ill. p.50

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.81, color ill. p.80

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, cat. no.14

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, cat. no.7

"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1977, cat. no.34, ill. p.18

"Master Painters," Des Moines Art Center, 1951, cat. no.29
DimensionsOverall: 29 × 36 1/8 in. (73.7 × 91.8 cm)
Accession Number 1941.9
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedWm. M. Chase (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist. J.S. and Florence Carpenter, Des Moines [acquired by 1920]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 1941]
Still Life with Fish
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Louisa L. Chase
1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Bailey
1976
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
James Merritt Ives
Nathaniel Currier
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henri Fantin-Latour
1863
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Albert Bloch
1914
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Max Weber
ca. 1924
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Maurice de Vlaminck
1923
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marsden Hartley
ca. 1922
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marsden Hartley
1929