One of the American painters to be celebrated in the forthcoming exhibition, “Americans in Florence,” is the Missouri-born artist James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917). His portrait of William Merritt Chase will bring attention to the versatile painter of small plein air landscapes, portraits, and murals who was close friends of Chase, John Singer Sargent and Thomas Eakins. The exhibition opens at the Palazzo Stozzi in Florence, Italy on March 3, 2012 and will continue until July 15, 2012.