Portrait of Dora Wheeler
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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Portrait of Dora Wheeler

1882–83
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) visual detail
ArtistWilliam Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
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1883-1921

Dora Wheeler, later Mrs. Boudinot Keith [1856-1940], New York, NY, by donation to the Cleveland Muse...

1921-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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Dora Wheeler, later Mrs. Boudinot Keith [1856-1940], New York, NY, by donation to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937). Painting Today and Yesterday in the United States. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (organizer) (June 5-September 1, 1941). The First West Coast Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Merritt Chase. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (organizer) (October 6-November 8, 1964); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (December 1-27, 1964); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (January 10-February 7, 1965); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (March 3-April 4, 1965); The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, NY (April 27-May 30, 1965). Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976). Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984). American Impressionism, Images "of hope, of life, of promise". Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (October 4, 1997-January 4, 1998). Candace Wheeler: The Art and Enterprise of American Design, 1875-1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 10, 2001-January 6, 2002). Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003). After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (November 22, 2003-February 8, 2004); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (March 13-June 6, 2004). CMA Highlights. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 21-September 11, 2005). Americans in Paris. National Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 22-May 21, 2006); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (June 25-September 24, 2006); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 16, 2006-January 28, 2007). William Merritt Chase: A Modern Master. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (organizer) (June 4-September 11, 2016); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (October 9, 2016-January 16, 2017). Salon. Paris, France (1883). Internationale Kunstausstellung, Crystal Palace, Munich, Germany (1883). Exhibition of Pictures, Studies, and Sketches by Mr. Wm. M. Chase under the Auspices of the American Art Association. Boston Art Club, (November 13–December 4, 1886), cat. 10, as Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler. Paintings by Mr. William M. Chase. Moore's Art Galleries, New York, (March 2–3, 1887), cat. 115, [lent by Miss. Wheeler]. Chase Centennial Exhibition: Commemorating the Birth of William Merritt Chase, November 1, 1849. John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis (1949), no. 15, illus. The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by 75 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1951), xiii, no. 6, p. 1, illus. p. 6. 150th Anniversary Exhibition. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (15 January–13 March 1955); cat. no. 59, not illus. American Portraiture in the Grand Manner: 1720-1920. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1981–82), traveled to Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery. William Merritt Chase: Portraits. Akron, Akron Art Museum (1982). William Merritt Chase, 1849-1916: A Leading Spirit in American Art. University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (1983). In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1986–87) American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1994). Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1994). Annual Exhibition. Calumet Club, New York, NY (1884). National Academy of Design, Society of American Artists Seventh Annual Exhibition, New York, NY (May 26-June 21, 1884). Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago Twelfth Annual Exhibition. Art Hall Gallery D, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 18,1884). Portraits of American Women, from Romanticism to Surrealism. Portraits, Inc., New York (December 5–29, 1945); cat. no. 15. Survey of American Painting. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute (1940), no. 155, pl. 49. William Merritt Chase: A Retrospective Exhibition. The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, New York (1957), illus. p. 47, no. 31.

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Dora Wheeler became Chase's first student when he returned from overseas study in Munich and set up a teaching studio in New York. At the time, few American artists accepted women as private pupils. After her course of study, Wheeler joined her mother in launching a successful decorating firm, one of the first businesses in the country to be operated entirely by women. For the firm, she designed luxurious textiles, and the embroidered silk tapestry that fills the background in her portrait references her occupational interest. Chase's portrait was awarded a gold medal at an international exhibition of contemporary art in Munich in 1883, and later that year was also shown in Paris. At some later point, the painting was acquired by the sitter, who subsequently donated it to the museum.

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