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Robert Winthrop Chanler (February 22, 1872 – October 24, 1930) was an American artist and member of the Astor and Dudley–Winthrop families. [1] A designer and muralist , Chanler received much of his art training in France at the École des Beaux-Arts , and there his most famous work, titled Giraffes , was completed in 1905 and later ...
Oct 10, 2014 · Robert Winthrop Chanler lived big, painted big, loved big and was just plain big, 6-foot-4, 200-plus pounds, with a giant crown of shaggy hair. Despite all that, he remains an elusive...
Jun 2, 2016 · Here, remarkably enough, though a total stranger to museums, this enfant terrible of an insider, this gigantic, brilliant, all but overwhelming force known as Robert Winthrop Chanler, found no less than nine of his astonishing works lining the entrance of The Art Event of the Century. But it didn’t end there.
Chanler was known for his versatility; and his paintings, screens, carvings and decorative work evoked the whimsical and ambitious works of past artists such as Bosch and Bruegel. He forged a reputation as a talented and unique interior decorator.
May 5, 2016 · Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930), a largely self-taught artist of renown in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Jun 9, 2011 · June 9, 2011. The painter Robert Winthrop Chanler enjoyed spending his inheritance from his Astor ancestors in the 1910s and ’20s by giving parties and maintaining a zoo and a plant conservatory...
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Artist: Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930) Date: 1914. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 69 1/2 x 48 1/4 in. (175.8 x 122.2 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Jay Chapman, 1927. Accession Number: 27.30