Bernard Chaet

Bernard Chaet (born 1924, Boston, MA - died 2012) was an American artist; Chaet is known for his colorful, dynamic modernist paintings and masterful draftsmanship, his association with the Boston Expressionists, and his 40-year career as a Professor of Painting at Yale University. His works also include watercolors and prints. In 1994, he was named a National Academician by the National Academy of Design.[1]

Collections, awards, and exhibitions

Chaets works are in the permanent collections of many important museums including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,[2] the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,[3] the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.,[5] the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT,[6] and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, MA.[7]

Chaet is the recipient of many awards including: the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant in 1967-68, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Benjamin Altman Award in Painting in 1997, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jimmy Ernst Prize in 2001.[8][9]

Early life

Chaet was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. He completed a dual program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—studying painting with Karl Zerbe—and Tufts University, graduating with a B.S. in 1949.[10]

Boston Expressionists

Chaet is known for his association as a first generation Boston Expressionist. Having studied with Zerbe, a father of Boston Expressionism, Chaet's early works certainly adhere to the techniques and philosophy of the school.[11][12]

Yale Professorship

Chaet began teaching in the Yale University Art Department in 1951 and could continue to do so until his retirement in 1990.[1] He was named the William Leffingwell Professor of Painting in 1979 and served as chairman of the Art Department.[13]

References
  1. "A transformative force in Yale art, Chaet dies". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  2. "Collection: Bernard Chaet". Metropolitain Museum of Art.
  3. "Collection: Bernard Chaet". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  4. "Collection: Bernard Chaet". Art Institute of Chicago.
  5. "Collection: Bernard Chaet". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  6. "Collection: Bernard Chaet". Yale University Art Gallery.
  7. "Collection". Addison Gallery of American Art.
  8. "Bernard Chaet Bio". Alpha Gallery. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  9. "Chaet, Bernard". National Academy Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  10. "Bernard Chaet papers". Smithsonian Institution.
  11. "Nick Capasso essay on Boston Expressionism". Hyman Bloom Info. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  12. Chaet, Bernard (1980). "The Boston Expressionist School: A Painter's Recollection of the Forties". Archives of American Art Journal. 20 (1): 25–30. doi:10.1086/aaa.20.1.1557495. JSTOR 1557495. S2CID 192821072.
  13. "In memoriam: Bernard Chaet". YaleNews. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
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