An
American Impressionist,
William Chadwick did not
actively seek the
limelight of the art
world during his life.
It is conjectured that,
as the son of an
industrialist and not
requiring an income from
his painting, he
preferred to perfect his
art.
A student at the Art
Student's League in New
York during the last
years of the 19th
Century, Chadwick was
clearly influenced by
the Impressionism that
was wildly popular in
the United States at the
time. He was similarly
influenced by John H.
Twachtman, his teacher
at the Art Students'
League.
Chadwick had an
unerring ability to
control his style and
technique, and did so to
suit his subject. He
excelled in figuring how
to select from the host
of details and confusing
masses of the picture
before him. His brush
strokes were never heavy,
but always applied just
the right amount of
color.
Landscapes were
Chadwick's preferred
milieu, although he
achieved some
recognition during the
Depression for
portraiture. Chadwick
was born in 1879, at the
height of Impressionism,
and died in 1962.
