Annie Traquair Lang - William Merritt Chase [c.1910]

Annie Traquair Lang - William Merritt Chase [c.1910], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Annie Traquair Lang was born to James Traquair Lang, a Philadelphia lawyer, and his wife Winona in Philadelphia in 1885. Her early education was in the Philadelphia Public School System where she began her studies with J. Liberty Tadd. She then attended the School of Design for Women (now Moore College) where she won the Sartain Prize. Lang then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied with the artist who had the greatest influence on her, William Merritt Chase. She died in 1918 in New York City.

[Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm]