The Lybian Hills Thebes
Elsie Rowland Chase (created by)
circa 1906 – 1907 (Date manufactured/created)
oil
canvas, painting
18 in. H
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22 in. W
Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: Yes
Framed?: Yes
framed dimensions: 25.75 inches x 29 3/4 inches. landscape scene; river/water foreground bottom; green/yellow shoreline middeground/middle area, and pink/red and white mountain upper right and center background and blue sky upper left background. Elsie Rowland Chase specialized in painting the world of her friends and family. She studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts from 1884 to 1889 andwas an active member of hte New Haven Paint and lay Club. She was also a member of the National Assoc of Women Painters and Sculptors. In 1890 she married Frederick Starkweather Chase, who was later the founder of the Chase Rolling Mill Company and president of Chase Companies, Inc. The couple lived in Waterbury and Middlebury and raised 6 children. Rowland Park i nWaterbury is named after Elsie's family.
Gift of Leslie C White & J David Veselsky, 2019
2019.11.2