Robert Chase (Florida, Illinois, born 1919) large oil on canvas of a heron in flight near a wooded river landscape. Sight size: 29 x 39 inches. Signed lower right. In 1947 he moved to Sarasota, Florida to attend the Ringling School of Art on the GI bill and taught at the Ringling School of Art from 1950-51. Chase opened his own school-- The Chase School of Art in 1952 and continued to do so until the mid 1980s. Private collectors include Vincent Price, Walter P. Chrysler, Charlton Heston, Xavier Cugat, MacKinlay Kantor, Jason Robarts, Jose Quentaro, Jimmy Stewart, Emmett Kelly, Al Hirschfeld, Roger Williams (pianist), Dr. Meeks (former Dean of Art, Yale University) LeRoy Collins former Governor of Florida and John Ringing North. Museums and Public Collections:Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYFord Collection of American Art, Detroit, MIMontgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, ALGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OKCecil B. DeMille Circus Collection, Los Angeles, CARingling Brothers Circus Collection, Barabou, WIUniversity of Illinois, Champaign, ILHigh Museum, Atlanta, GAFour Arts, Palm Beach, FLUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCNatural History Museum, Washington, DCUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FLBirmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, ALFine Arts Society, Sarasota, FLCrane Paper Co, Dalton, MAMidlands Steamship Lines, Chicago, ILMarie Selby Foundation, Sarasota, FL