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William Merritt Chase
Born	Nov. 1, 1849 Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana
Died	Oct. 25, 1916 New York, New York
Nationality	American
Field	Painting
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William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) is considered by some, to be the most important American art teachers of his time.

At the turn of the twentieth-century, he established schools which brought attention and interest to American art, and artists.

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A painter, muralist, Warren Chase Merritt was born in Randsburg, California on December 3, As a young boy Merritt sketched ships along the Eureka.

Warren Chase Merritt was an American artist who was born in Warren Chase Merritt's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized.

William Merritt Chase was an artist and art collector.

William Merritt Chase (–) was a brilliant observer, an innovative painter, and a leader in international art circles at the turn of the last century.

Chase is known for his portraits, still lifes, and landscapes, which are created using French Impressionistic techniques. The impressionists techniques were promoted though his years of creating art, and teaching, allowing American artists to appreciate and create a new style of American Impressionism.

Early Interest in Art

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William Merritt Chase was the first-born of six children, born in Williamsburg (now Nineveh), Indiana.

With a desire to travel, and a passion for art, William resisted following his father into the shoe business, and