became a much-loved star in pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Russia, and in Ukraine. Chanler died on October 24, 1930, at an art colony in Woodstock, New York, after being in a coma for 12 hours. Legacy Chanler's work has been compared to the fantastical works of some renaissance painters. His works involve the use of sculpted gesso, transparent glazes, and gilded finishes to produce ornate and decorative designs. His work still exists in his family's estate, Rokeby near Barrytown, New York, the Luxembourg Museum, and in private collections across the country. In 2010, Chanler's decorative plaster ceiling at the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio was the focus of a conservation study by a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. The ceiling, which had been painted over numerous times, was found to contain vivid colors amidst metallic overlays and glazes. Extensive restoration of Chanler's murals and the painted plaster ceiling at Villa Vizcaya was begun in 2016. References Further reading Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic, Edited by Gina Wouters, Andrea Gollin, Foreword by Eve M. Kahn, Preface by Joel M. Hoffman, Photographer Whitney Cox; The Monacelli Press, May 2016 External links The Robert Winthrop Chanler exhibition (electronic resource). Catalog of an exhibition held 21 March – 21 April 1922 New York Times, Art & Design, "A Painter’s Menagerie of Birds and Beasts Comes Back to Life" Slideshow showing two of Robert Chanler's paintings at the Rokeby Estate in 2010. Tad Richards, "Robert Chanler: Over the top wasn’t enough," Hudson Valley One, June 2, 2016 Cara Despain, "Robert Winthrop Chanler," The Miami Rail "Cooper Hewitt Short Stories: The Fantastic Beasts of Robert Winthrop Chanler", Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Wendy Moonan, "Robert W. Chanler's (Stained) Glass Menagerie," Introspective Magazine Slideshow featuring Chanler's decorative works at Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Greenwich Village studio 1872 births 1930 deaths Astor Orphans 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters American muralists Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Barrytown, New York American expatriates in France Chanler family Winthrop family Sheriffs of Dutchess County, New York