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William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)

Aliases: William Merrit Chase

Professions: Painter; Still life painter; Landscape painter; Porträtmaler

  • William Merritt Chase 1849-1916 , I Think I Am Ready Now (The Mirror, The Pink Dress) oil on canvas

  • WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE 1849-1916 LANDSCAPE, SHINNECOCK HILLS Measurements: 16in. by 20in. Alternate Measurements: (40.6 by 50.8 cm signed Wm. M. Chase, l.r. oil on canvas Painted circa 1898-1900. This work is included in Ronald G. Pisano's Catalogue

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William Merritt Chase Biography

(b Williamsburg, IN, 1 Nov 1849; d New York, 25 Oct 1916). American painter and printmaker. He received his early training in Indianapolis from the portrait painter Barton S. Hays (1826–75). In 1869 he went to New York to study at the National Academy of Design where he exhibited in 1871. That year he joined his family in St Louis, where John Mulvaney (1844–1906) encouraged him to study in Munich. With the support of several local patrons, enabling him to live abroad for the next six years, Chase entered the Königliche Akademie in Munich in 1872. Among his teachers were Alexander von Wagner (1838–1919), Karl Theodor von Piloty and Wilhelm von Diez (1839–1907). Chase also admired the work of Wilhelm Leibl. The school emphasized bravura brushwork, a technique that became integral to Chase’s style, favoured a dark palette and encouraged the study of Old Master painters, particularly Diego Velázquez and Frans Hals. Among Chase’s friends in Munich were the American artists Walter Shirlaw, J. Frank Currier and Frederick Dielman (1847–1935), as well as Frank Duveneck and John H. Twachtman, who accompanied him on a nine-month visit to Venice in 1877.

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  • WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE 1849-1916 ON THE LAKE, PROSPECT PARK Measurements: 8.5 by 13in. Alternate Measurements: (21.6 by 33 cm) signed Wm. M. Chase, l.r. oil on panel Painted circa 1886. This painting is included in Ronald G. Pisano's Catalogue of, William Merritt Chase, Click for value View Details
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