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Bernard Chaet (1924-2012) spent a lifetime exploring such subjects as landscapes, still lifes, interiors and figures, but he is arguably most well-known for his paintings of the rocky seacoast of Cape Ann where he spent decades of summers rising before dawn to capture the first light of day.
Chaet’s mastery of watercolor technique evolved simultaneously with his oils, as he portrayed his seascapes with an ever-increasing abstract language. Often citing jazz music as an influence, Chaet used rhythmic, fluid gestures. There is a sense of improvisation, delivered by an artist completely in …