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Wind-Swept Sands  1894

by William Merritt Chase

Between 1891 and 1902, William Merritt Chase was a highly influential teacher at the Shinnecock Summer Art School in Long Island, New York, where he painted numerous landscapes of the surrounding area. In [i]Wind-Swept Sands[/i], Chase used rapid brushstrokes to depict the dunes and vegetation, thin washes for the sky, and an overall gray tone to indicate an overcast day. ...
Size: 
87 × 101.5 cm (34 1/4 × 39 3/4 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago