William Merritt Chase
1849–1916
After studying in Munich, Chase opened a teaching studio in New York, with Dora Wheeler as his first student. He accepted women privately when relatively few American painters did. From 1891 to 1902 he directed the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art.
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Unidentified Artist · National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; npg_NPG.76.70 · CC0 1.0 Portrait source · Licence