1900
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Dominant colour
Elizabeth Lawrence Fiske (Mrs. George Hitchcock) is a 1900 oil by Adelaide Cole Chase, a Impressionism work, held at Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
The painting depicts a woman in a white dress with a black bow around her neck, sitting in a chair with a pink back. She has dark hair and is wearing a ring on her left hand. The background of the painting is a muted gray color. The woman's dress is made of a sheer fabric, and her sleeves are long and puffy. The chair she is sitting in has a dark wood frame and a pink velvet back. The overall effect of the painting is one of elegance and refinement. The artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume and depth, adds to the overall sense of drama and tension in the painting. You can learn more about this technique by exploring chiaroscuro.
Adelaide Cole Chase (Boston, MA, 1868–1944, Gloucester, MA) was an American painter of portraits and still lifes. She was a member of the Art Students' Association.
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