Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art

Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art
Formation1891
FounderJanet Ralston Chase Hoyt
Dissolved1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Purposesummer art school devoted to plein air painting
Location
Director
William Merritt Chase

The Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art was summer school of art in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island that existed from 1891 to 1902. The director was William Merritt Chase. The school was one of the first and most popular plein air painting schools in America.[1] During the time Chase was teaching at Shinnecock Hills he painted some of his most notable Impressionist landscapes.

  1. ^ Meisler, Stanley (February 2001). "William Merritt Chase: Praised by critics, admired by colleagues and respected by students, the distinguished 19th-century artist produced paintings and pastels of gentle beauty". Smithsonian/General OneFile: 84. Retrieved 23 July 2018.