William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) was an American painter and photographer.
Also recorded as William Merrit Chase; William M. Chase; William Chase; Wm M. Chase; Chase William Merritt; W.M. Chase.
Overview
Born at Nineveh in 1849, died at New York City in 1916.
In detail
William Merritt Chase studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. training under Barton S. Hays, Jacob Cox and Lemuel Wilmarth is recorded. Kenneth Hayes Miller, Adelaide Alsop Robineau and Edith Dimock are recorded as having studied under William Merritt Chase. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is portrait painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Impressionism. James McNeill Whistler is recorded as an influence.
Employment is recorded with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Works named in the authority record are Still Life with Watermelon.
Work by William Merritt Chase is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and National Gallery of Canada.
Sources
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“William Merritt Chase”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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