Background
She was a daughter of J. Foxcroft Cole, the landscape painter, and of Irma de Pelgrom, a Belgian pianist. Her first instruction in drawing and painting was, naturally, from her father.
She was a daughter of J. Foxcroft Cole, the landscape painter, and of Irma de Pelgrom, a Belgian pianist. Her first instruction in drawing and painting was, naturally, from her father.
Chase studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts under Edmund C. Tarbell, in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens and Carolus-Duran.
As a girl she had the advantage of the instruction of Frederic Porter Vinton. Professionally, she has had an almost exclusive interest in the painting of portraits. Chase has also exhibited at the Society of American Artists.
Among those whose portraits she has painted are Helen F. Smith, Dean of Wells College, and Madam Chase (a charming portrait of old age).
She was equally successful with portraits of children, young people, and those of older years, and with sitters of either sexual Her manner was firm and direct, and her portraits have the artistic value of being interesting apart from the personality of the subject.
A portrait called a "Woman with a Muff," exhibited at the exhibition of the Society of American Artists, in New York City, was praised.
She was a Member of the Art Students" Association.