{"product_id":"a-friendly-call","title":"A Friendly Call","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e  William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 - 1916)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e  30 1\/8\" x 48 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e  National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e  (1895) \"William Merritt Chase, an influential art teacher and one of the leading exponents of American impressionism, captured the genteel, privileged life of polite society in the 1890s. \u003cem\u003eA Friendly Call\u003c\/em\u003e, set in Chase's elegant summer house at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, shows two fashionably dressed women in a large, airy room decorated with prints, paintings, hanging textiles, and a large, gilt–framed mirror. The artist's wife Alice, on the right, listens attentively to her visitor, who is still wearing her hat and gloves and carrying a parasol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChase's rendering of light, his facile brushwork, and his choice of everyday subject matter all recall the work of the French impressionists; yet, unlike his European contemporaries, the artist carefully composed his paintings to underscore abstract elements. Simple rectangular patterns of the floor, wall, and couch are echoed in the framed pictures and wall hangings while they are contrasted to the more curvilinear figures, chair, and plump pillows. The mirror framing Mrs. Chase offers a surprising reflection of a wall behind the viewer; Chase's compositional arrangement and his use of reflected imagery suggest that he may have been paying homage to the 17th–century Spanish artist Velázquez, whose much–admired painting \u003cem\u003eLas Meninas\u003c\/em\u003e displays a similarly inventive studio interior.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/3205-friendly-call\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"National Gallery of Art Washington DC - A Friendly Call\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Merritt Chase","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49276198846707,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (30 1\/8\" x 48 1\/4\")","offer_id":49276198879475,"sku":null,"price":2325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (14 1\/8\" x 22 5\/8\")","offer_id":49276198912243,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (17 1\/4\" x 27 3\/4\")","offer_id":49276198945011,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (21 1\/4\" x 34\")","offer_id":49276198977779,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (27 3\/8\" x 43 7\/8\")","offer_id":49276199010547,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (32 7\/8\" x 52 5\/8\")","offer_id":49276199043315,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (38 3\/4\" x 62\")","offer_id":49276199076083,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (46 1\/2\" x 74 3\/8\")","offer_id":49276199108851,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/WilliamMerrittChase-a_friendly_call-product.jpg?v=1781778297","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/a-friendly-call","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}