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CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849 )

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 956 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR
CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849 ) , American painter, was born at Franklin, Indiana, on the 1st of November 1849. He was a pupil of B. F. Hays at Indianapolis, of J. O. Eaton in New
York
 , and subsequently of A. Wagner and Piloty in
Munich
 . In New
York
  he established a school of his own, after teaching with success for some years at the Art Students' League. A worker in all mediumsoils, water-colour, pastel and etchingpainting with distinction the figure, landscape and still-life, he is perhaps best known by his portraits, his sitters numbering some of the most important men and women of his time. Mr Chase won many honours at
home
  and abroad, became a member of the National
Academy
  of
Design
 , New York, and for ten years was president of the Society of American Artists. Among his important canvases are " Ready for the Ride " (Union League Club, N.Y.), " The Apprentice," " Court Jester," and portraits of the painters Whistler and Duvenecle; of General Webb and of Peter Cooper.


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