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William Merritt Chase

William Merritt Chase

1849
WA-00001614
PaintingImpressionism
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
54
Works in Collection
69
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932–1933

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%
About

Why this artist matters now

William Merritt Chase was an American painter and teacher known for his loose brushwork and direct approach to portraiture and still life, working primarily in oil. A founder of the Chase School of Art in New York, he shaped American art education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Movement
Impressionism
Medium
Painting
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Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (54)

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Artwork sources (5)

54 published of 54 catalogued · 41 with image
  • The Met
    16 published3 img
  • Unknown
    12 published12 img
  • Nga
    10 published10 img
  • Smithsonian
    9 published9 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    7 published7 img
Record

Images

14 assets
Portrait of Mrs. William Merritt Chase ((c. 1890))
Smithsonian Institution
William Merritt Chase (c. 1905)
Smithsonian Institution
Marine (c. 1888)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Boy (c. 1878)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Gray Day on the Bay (c. 1886)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of My Daughter Alice (c. 1895)
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Old Road to the Sea (c. 1893)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Dora Wheeler (1882–83)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Relationships

6
Movements1
Impressionism
Collections5
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumArt Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of ArtChristie's
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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Background

Education

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Visual Arts
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionRomantic Painting in America
New York · 1943
Group ExhibitionThree Centuries of American Art
New York · 1938
Group ExhibitionAmerican Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
New York · 1932