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William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He was born in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana, to the family of a local merchant. Chase's father moved the family to Indianapolis in 1861 and employed his son as a salesman in the family business. Chase showed an early interest in art, and studied under local, self-taught artists Barton S. Hays and Jacob Cox.
After a brief stint in the Navy, Chase's teachers urged him to travel to New York to further his artistic training. He arrived in New York in 1869, met and studied with Joseph Oriel Eaton for a short time, then enrolled in the National Academy of Design under Lemuel Wilmarth, a student of the famous French artist Jean-Leon Gerome. (From Wikipedia) |
-small.jpg "My Daughter Dieudonne (Alice Dieudonne Chase) - William Merritt Chase")
-small.jpg "Portrait of the Artist's Daughter (Dorothy) - William Merritt Chase")
-small.jpg "My Baby (or Cosy) - William Merritt Chase")
-small.jpg "The Red Roofs of Haarlem (or A Street in Holland) - William Merritt Chase")
-small.jpg "Women under Trellis (unfinished) - William Merritt Chase")
-small.jpg "The Fairy Tale (or A Summer Day) - William Merritt Chase")
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