William Merritt Chase, who became highly esteemed and renowned by his teaching, was an American portrait, still life and landscape painter around 1900.
Born on November 01, 1849 in Williamsburg/Indiana.
Died on October 25, 1916 in New York, NY.
William Merritt Chase got his apprenticeship among others by the New York-based painter Joseph O. Eaton, before acquiring a six-year long scholarship in Munich where he gained popularity with Wilhelm Leibl's style and where he carried out works for Karl von Piloty. After returning in 1878, he opened his own studio in New York that was frequented by many young artists and students.
William Merritt Chase was well versed in many styles but he never allowed any one of them to take him over. He presented himself as a Bohemian and was offered many positions as a teacher. Among his students were Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Georgie O’Keeffe and others. From 1887, William William Merritt Chase, who was very interested in painting techniques, started experimenting with the Impressionist style. That is why he is often associated with this style. Ideologically, however, he had never felt obliged to any style, a fact that, in addition to his special charisma, made him a teacher by nature. |
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Oil Paintings