American Modernist Abstract Artist Listed Robert Chase, Award winning mixed-media on board, 21 1/2 x 29"/ 28 x 36 1/2" with mat, SLR,Sun Festival Show, El Paso, Texas, 1st Prize.
Robert Chase was born in Champaign, IL in 1919. He studied art at the University of Illinois. In 1941, he was an aerial reconnaissance photographer for the US Air Force in the South Pacific for four years. He resumed his studies at the University of Hawaii.In 1947 he moved to Sarasota, Florida to attend the Ringling School of Art on the GI bill and taught at the Ringling School of Art from 1950-51. Chase opened his own school-- The Chase School of Art in 1952 and continued to do so until the mid 1980s.His paintings were exhibited at American Embassies in Rome, Paris and Helsinki by the United States Department of State from 1960 through the 1970s. Also, his work toured Europe and South America in a traveling exhibition sponsored by the United States Information Agency. In addition his work was included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, High Museum, University of Illinois, University of Florida and the University of North Carolina to name a few.Private collectors include Vincent Price, Walter P. Chrysler, Charlton Heston, Xavier Cugat, MacKinlay Kantor, Jason Robarts, Jose Quentaro, Jimmy Stewart, Emmett Kelly, Al Hirschfeld, Roger Williams (pianist), Dr. Meeks (former Dean of Art, Yale University) LeRoy Collins former Governor of Florida and John Ringing North. Museums and Public Collections:Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYFord Collection of American Art, Detroit, MIMontgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, ALGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OKCecil B. DeMille Circus Collection, Los Angeles, CARingling Brothers Circus Collection, Barabou, WIUniversity of Illinois, Champaign, ILHigh Museum, Atlanta, GAFour Arts, Palm Beach, FLUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCNatural History Museum, Washington, DCUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FLBirmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, ALFine Arts Society, Sarasota, FLCrane Paper Co, Dalton, MAMidlands Steamship Lines, Chicago, ILMarie Selby Foundation, Sarasota, FL

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