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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 MERRITT CHASE (1849– )  ,
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American painter, was born at Franklin,
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Indiana, on the 1st of November 1849 . He was a pupil of B . F . Hays at
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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
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Art Students'
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League . A worker in all mediums—oils,
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water-colour,
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pastel and etching—painting with distinction the figure, landscape and still-
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life, he is perhaps best known by his portraits, his sitters numbering some of the most important men and
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women of his time . Mr Chase won many honours at home and abroad, became a member of the
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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
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Jester," and portraits of the painters Whistler and Duvenecle; of General Webb and of Peter Cooper .

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