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Stag Attacked by Dogs
Beauty and brutality merge in this compelling 1924 gilt and gesso low-relief panel painting of a motif the artist returned to several times: a stag getting attacked by dogs. Chanler was credited with inventing a sumptuous technique of gold-relief painting yet frequently chose as his subject scenes of animal and human carnage, balancing the glamorous and with the primitive.
Robert Winthrop Chanler was one of the most interesting yet overlooked 20th-century American artists. He was featured in the 1913 Armory Show in New York and was one of the most acclaimed American artists in the exhibition. Afterward, he was commissioned to create paintings, screens, and furniture for several important American houses. Towards the end of his life, Chanler owned a home in Woodstock, where he exhibited his work in local exhibitions.
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Robert Winthrop Chanler, born in 1872 into the Astor family (one of America’s oldest and wealthiest), was a largely self-taught decorative artist, designer, and muralist. He created highly ornamental and decorative designs with sculpted gesso, gilded finishes, and transparent glazes, working with paintings, fresco murals, stained glass windows, and architectural interiors. His elaborate compositions featured fantastical avian, jungle, and aquatic creatures—many of which were overlaid with iridescent metallic finishes—yet his specialty was exotic and brilliantly colored, multi-paneled, lacquered screens.
Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872 - 1930) was an American artist, designer, and muralist. He was featured in the 1913 Armory Show in New York and was one of the most acclaimed American artists in the exhibition. In 1918, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney commissioned Chanler to create a set of seven stained glass windows for her sculpture studio in Greenwich Village. Towards the end of his life, Chanler owned a house in Woodstock, where he exhibited his work in local exhibitions.
