Robert Winthrop Chanler

Robert Winthrop Chanler (February 22, 1872 – October 24, 1930) was an American artiste and enthusiast of the Astor and Dudley–Winthrop families. A designer and muralist, Chanler normal much of his art training in France at the École des Beaux-Arts, and there his most well-known work, titled Giraffes, was completed in 1905 and progressive purchased by the French government. Robert D. Coe, who studied subsequently him, described Chanler as being "eccentric and concerning bizarre." Chanler rose to emphasis as an acclaimed American artiste when his perform was exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show in New York City.