The Inner Studio, Tenth Street

William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916) - The Inner Studio, Tenth Street, c.1881-82 (Oil on canvas. Huntington Library) - - Chase became a fixture in cosmopolitan New York, occupying a lavishly and exotically appointed studio in the celebrated Tenth Street Studio Building. The bold brushwork Chase had learned in Munich always stayed with him, but shortly after arriving in New York, he abandoned the bituminous dark tones that had also characterized his early style.