Idle Hours
c. 1894 · Oil on canvas · Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)
- Year
- c. 1894
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 64.8 × 90.2 cm
- Collection
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
- Movement
- American Impressionism
Chase's wife and children rest in the grass on the dunes at Shinnecock, Long Island, with the bay and a pale sky beyond. From 1891 Chase taught a summer school of outdoor painting at Shinnecock and painted his family on these dunes many times. It is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A breezy dune picture in sand, green and blue for a bedroom, living room or beach house in a thin black frame. It suits white or pale blue walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- American Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1894)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
