Frank Swift Chase papers
name: label: Creator
content: Chase, Frank Swift, 1886-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New England
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting, American -- New England
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting, American -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Commercial art -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1987 by the Vose Galleries of Boston.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chase, Frank Swift, 1886-1958
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter. Chase lived and worked in Woodstock, New York and Nantucket, Massachusetts, teaching and exhibiting frequently in these areas. He also exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, and The Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego. Chase was best known in the 1920's for his paintings of woodlands.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1907-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chasfran
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, printed material, and photographs documenting Chase's career and the art market of the 1920's. Letters to Chase primarily concern exhibitions, commissions, and advertisements (including a letter from Reginald Poland, Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, analyzing the work of Woodstock artists), with some letters from family and friends. Printed material includes reviews, exhibition announcements, gallery plans with notes on exhibit design, and color reproductions of Chase's work. Photographs depict Chase, his work, and his exhibitions. Biographical material consists of his passport and the official documents of his service in France and Germany for the Y.M.C.A in 1918-1919.