William Merritt Chase, now in his early…
August 1883 CE
William Merritt Chase, now in his early thirties, is known for his portraits and figure studies, his still lifes of dead fish, and his studio interiors, e.g., In the Studio (1880-83; The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York).
Chase had left Indiana in his early twenties to study abroad, rejoicing, “My God, I'd rather go to Europe than go to heaven!”
He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and under Karl von Piloty for six years in Munich.
He had worked for a time in the grays and browns of the Munich school, but in the 1880s he takes up the lighter palette now popular in Paris.
Chase teaches at the Art Students League of New York.
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William Merritt Chase: Studio Interior (circa 1882); oil on canvas 71.2 × 101.9 cm (28 × 40.1 in); Brooklyn Museum
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