'Breaking Surf, San Diego' by Richard Gabriel Chase, Worcester Art Museum School

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Signed lower left and painted circa 1960.

Born in Massachusetts, Richard Gabriel Chase (American, irst studied at the Worcester Art … more Signed lower left and painted circa 1960.

Born in Massachusetts, Richard Gabriel Chase (American, irst studied at the Worcester Art Museum School, later earning his degree from Massachusetts College of Art. After serving in the Army during WWII, he moved to southern California where he continued to paint, exhibit and teach life-drawing and portraiture at San Bernardino College. Chase favored painted landscapes, still lives and coastal scenes and was also commissioned to create large-scale, historical murals which remain installed in numerous public locations in Southern California.

Reference:
"Artists in California, dan Hughes, 1986. less