Timeline

1924

Born, Boston, Massachusetts

1942 - 1947

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Tufts University, Medford, MA

1967

National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant

1968

National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant

1981

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund Purchase

1986

Artist in Residence, Dartmouth College

Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, College Art Association

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art

1994

Elected Member of National Academy of Design

1997

The Altman Prizem, National Academy of Design

Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design

1999

Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design

Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design

2000

Etching Commission, National Academy of Design

2001

Jimmy Ernst Prize, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design

2003

Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design

Mr. Chaet was the William Leffingwell Professor in Painting at Yale University, where he taught from 1951 to 1990. Mr. Chaet’s honors include a National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities grant (1967-68) and a Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, College Art Association (1986).