Description
Woman in Kimono Holding a Japanese Fan by William Merritt Chase shows standing woman in a pale blue kimono holding a fan in a decorated interior. The pale garment forms the broadest shape, while the fan gives the hands a clear object. Red panels and the framed image break up the darker room.
About Woman in Kimono Holding a Japanese Fan Oil Painting Reproduction
The vertical screen, standing figure and framed panel create several planes inside the room. Low objects on the floor add details below the kimono.
The contrast between pale blue cloth and red wall accents carries through the view. The figure remains the focus without losing the room around her.
The composition also depends on the placement of red screen, framed panel, floor vessel, patterned sleeves. This feature helps separate foreground from background and gives the eye a clear point of reference. It remains visible without taking attention away from the main figure and the larger arrangement.
In the wider scene, red screen, framed panel, floor vessel, patterned sleeves sits alongside other elements rather than appearing alone. Their shared placement connects the parts of the image and gives the setting a distinct visual structure.
Light and color help define red screen, framed panel, floor vessel, patterned sleeves. Nearby tones shift from lighter passages to darker marks, making the forms legible while preserving the painterly surface.
The hand-painted reproduction
This ByMuseum reproduction is hand-painted in oil on canvas. Red panels and the fan held beside the figure William Merritt Chase is named in the source record, and the visible clothing, objects and setting remain the focus. The copy preserves the arrangement described here without adding an original date, museum or story.
- Red panels and the fan held beside the figure
The flowered screen and dark framed panel create an interior backdrop for the blue garment and small fan.




