{"Id":429,"Name":"William Merritt Chase","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003ECHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT\u003C/strong\u003E (1849-1916), American painter, was born at Franklin, Indiana, on the 1st of November 1849. He was a pupil of B. F. Hays at Indianapolis, of J. 0. 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 Art Students League. A worker in all mediums, oils, water-color, pastel and etching painting with distinction the figure, landscape and still-life, he is perhaps best known by his portraits, his sitters numbering some of the most important men and women of his time. Mr Chase won many honors at home and abroad, became a member of the National Academy of Design, New York, and for ten years was president of the Society of American Artists. Among his important canvases are \u003Cu\u003EReady for the Ride\u003C/u\u003E (Union League Club, N.Y.), \u003Cu\u003EThe Apprentice\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003ECourt Jester\u003C/u\u003E, and portraits of the painters \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=652\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EWhistler\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/duveneck_frank.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDuveneck\u003C/a\u003E, of General Webb and of \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.trussel.com/cooper/ebpc.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPeter Cooper\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://45.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CH/CHASE_WILLIAM_MERRITT.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","BiographicalImageUrl":null,"Awards":null,"HasAlbums":true,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":true,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":322}