Artwork Title: Portrait of Virginia Gerson

Portrait of Virginia Gerson, 1880

William Merritt Chase

1864-1951; sister of Chase's bride, Alice Gerson. Chase met Alice and her two sisters, Virginia and Minnie, in about 1880. The sisters were familiar with Chase's painting, Ready for the Ride, and were anxious to meet him. They were introduced to Chase by one of their father's friends. Their father, Julius Gerson, had been active in the dry goods business but in recent years had become a manager of the art department of the prominent lithographic firm Louis Prang and Company….The Gerson hom during the 1870s and early 1880s became something of a salon where artists and writers would congregate, and after his introduction to the Gerson family, Chase would often attend. The Gerson sisters would also visit Chase in his studio and occasionally posed for the artist, as Virginia must have for this portrait. From: William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil, by Ronald G. Pisano (found at Google Books)
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