Formation | 1891 |
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Founder | Janet Ralston Chase Hoyt |
Dissolved | 1902 |
Purpose | summer 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.