"The Wave," watercolor, signed, l/r,
13.5" x 17.5" sight, 19" x 23" mat (shrink wrapped).

Condition: Excellent. Beautiful colors.

Biography: Robert Chase was born in Champaign, IL in 1919. He studied art at the University of Illinois and left in 1941 to work as an aerial reconnaissance photographer for the US Air Force in the South Pacific for four years. He resumed his studies at the University of Hawaii.

In 1947 he moved to Sarasota, Florida to attend the Ringling School of Art on the GI bill and taught at the Ringling School of Art from 1950-51. Chase opened his own school-- The Chase School of Art in 1952 and continued to do so until the mid 1980s.

His paintings were exhibited at American Embassies in Rome, Paris and Helsinki by the United States Department of State from1960-1970s and toured Europe and South America in a traveling exhibition sponsored by the United States Information Agency. In addition his work was included in exhibitions at the National Gallery, High Museum, University of Illinois, University of Florida and the University of North Carolina to name a few.

Private collectors include Vincent Price, Walter P. Chrysler, Charlton Heston, Xavier Cugat, LeRoy Collins former Governor of Florida and John Ringing North.

Museums and Public Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Ford Collection of American Art, Detroit, MI
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Cecil B. DeMille Circus Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Ringling Brothers Circus Collection, Barabou, WI
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Natural History Museum, Washington, DC
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Fine Arts Society, Sarasota, FL
Crane Paper Co, Dalton, MA
Midlands Steamship Lines, Chicago, IL

- credit Lee Corbino and AskArt.

Note: This is a dramatic painting that we believe may represent the aftermath of a Civil War naval engagement. The subject appears to be a wave breaking over the superstructure of a ship with canon visible on the right and what might be a gun turret on the left. In the distance, can be seen fire and smoke rising from the shore.

The old frame had affixed the label of the 19th Annual Jury Exhibition of the Water Color Society of Alabama (1958). The price was $150.00.

An old gallery tag revealed the following: "Frank J. Oehlschlaeger, 28 S. Boulevard of Presidents, St. Armands Key, Sarosota, FL.," and we were told by the previous owner that it came from the collection of another artist. The Florida buyer of "Dry Dock" informed us that he owned several of the artist's works, and at one time they were neighbors.

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