William Henry Chandler (1854-1928) American, Pair of Landscapes. Pastels on paper. William Henry Chandler was a prolific pastel artist. Living in New Jersey and working from his studios in New York City, Chandler was a deeply religious man who created primarily landscape scenes. He also paints fruit and dead-game still life, seascapes and occasionally some foreign scenes. And not all "Chandler" pastels were created by Chandler's own hand. Rather, at the peak of his business, orders were sometimes so numerous that Chandler employed a stable of artists who created a large number of "original" pastels in the style of Chandler, who signed the "Chandler" name to them, and who sold them through the Chandler Studios. Most Chandler pastels were signed "Chandler" either by Chandler himself, or one of his staff artists. And frequently Chandler pastels left the studio unsigned. Often when sold in pairs, only one pastel of the pair would be signed. Overall size: 16 x 28 in. Sight size: 11 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.