Artist · 4 prints
William Merritt Chase Prints
About William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was an American painter and teacher, born in Williamsburg, Indiana, in 1849. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and then, from 1872, at the Royal Academy in Munich, where he learned a dark palette and bold, fluid brushwork. Returning to New York in 1878, he taught at the Art Students League and turned his studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building into a famous gathering place. Later influenced by the Impressionists, he lightened his colours. He died in New York in 1916.
Chase painted portraits, still lifes of fish, and sunny park and beach scenes. From 1891 to 1902 he spent summers at Shinnecock on Long Island, teaching outdoors and painting pictures such as At the Seaside (about 1892), now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Friendly Call (1895), at the National Gallery of Art, shows his wife Alice receiving a visitor there. His many students included Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe.
William Merritt Chase prints: reproductions of paintings by the American painter and teacher William Merritt Chase, made between 1885 and 1904. The collection includes James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1885), Study of Flesh Color and Gold (1888), Carmencita (1890) and An English Cod (1904).
This selection shows Chase's portraits and still lifes rather than his outdoor scenes. The portrait of Whistler is a tall, dark full-length figure; Carmencita shows the Spanish dancer mid-performance in a bright dress; Study of Flesh Color and Gold is a figure study in warm tones. An English Cod is one of his fish still lifes, painted with quick strokes on a dark ground.
The dark grounds and strong figures suit studies, libraries, dining rooms and hallways, and An English Cod works well in a kitchen. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
