WILLIAM

See also:

• MERRITT, WESLEY (1836- )

MERRITT

See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849– )

CHASE (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 mediums—oils, water-colour, pastel and etching—painting 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 .