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Oliver Newberry Chaffee Jr

Oliver Newberry Chaffee, Jr. (1881 - 1944) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Michigan.  Oliver Chaffee Jr is known for Abstract figure-objects and landscape painting.

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Abstract painter and printmaker Oliver Newberry Chaffee was born in 1881.  He studied at the Art Students League in New York City with Charles Hawthorne; at the New York (City) School of Art with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri;  the Detroit Fine Arts Academy, Michigan; and the Academie Julian in Paris, France.  He was a member of the Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts, and Society of Independent Artists, New York City.

Influenced by the Fauve painters during his stay in Paris, Chaffee was expert in that style, exhibiting three Fauvist landscapes at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City.  A contemporary review of the Armory Show complimented Chaffee's expression of "intense sunlight," and likening his paintings to those of Alfred Maurer. Chaffee's work at this time was among the earliest and best manifestations of Fauvism in America.

Chaffee was a well-known teacher, associated particularly with the Provincetown Art Associ   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6358 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Oliver Newberry Chaffee Jr

   Oliver Newberry Chaffee, Jr.  Born:  1881 - Detroit, Michigan
Died:   1944 - Asheville, North Carolina
Known for:  Abstract figure-objects and landscape painting

Abstract painter and printmaker Oliver Newberry Chaffee was born in 1881.  He studied at the Art Students League in New York City with Charles Hawthorne; at the New York (City) School of Art with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri;  the Detroit Fine Arts Academy, Michigan; and the Academie Julian in Paris, France.  He was a member of the Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts, and Society of Independent Artists, New York City.

Influenced by the Fauve painters during his stay in Paris, Chaffee was expert in that style, exhibiting three Fauvist landscapes at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City.  A contemporary review of the Armory Show complimented Chaffee's expression of "intense sunlight," and  ...  Displaying 750 of 6358 characters.

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