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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:MERRITT See also:CHASE (1849– )  , See also:American painter, was See also:born at See also:Franklin, See also:Indiana, on the 1st of See also:November 1849 . He was a See also:pupil of B . F . Hays at See also:Indianapolis, of J . O . See also:Eaton in New See also:York, and subsequently of A . See also:Wagner and See also:Piloty in See also:Munich . In New York he established a school of his own, after teaching with success for some years at the See also:Art Students' See also:League . A worker in all mediums—See also:oils, See also:water-See also:colour, See also:pastel and See also:etchingSee also:painting with distinction the figure, landscape and still-See also:life, he is perhaps best known by his portraits, his sitters numbering some of the most important men and See also:women of his See also:time . Mr See also:Chase won many honours at See also:home and abroad, became a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New York, and for ten years was See also:president of the Society of American Artists . Among his important canvases are " Ready for the Ride " (See also:Union League See also:Club, N.Y.), " The Apprentice," " See also:Court See also:Jester," and portraits of the painters See also:Whistler and Duvenecle; of See also:General See also:Webb and of See also:Peter See also:Cooper .

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