This is my second post featuring a still life by William Merritt Chase and like the first painting, Still Life with Pepper and Carrot (c.1900), he painted Just Onions (Onions; Still Life ) (1912) on a dark background in a pseudo-impressionist style with close attention paid to variations in tone. Chase applies the same loose...

William Merritt Chase painted in an Impressionist style and was part of the new wave European-educated American talent. His still life paintings were often against dark backgrounds and although he painted him throughout his career he was better known for his portraits of famous individuals from his time. His home and studio were filled with...