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Chase, William Merritt

Chase, William Merritt A Friendly Visit (nn03) oil painting on canvas
A Friendly Visit (nn03)
Painting ID::  23269
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Chase, William Merritt A Friendly Visit (nn03) oil painting on canvas



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  Chase, William Merritt
  American Impressionist Painter, 1849-1916 American painter and printmaker. He received his early training in Indianapolis from the portrait painter Barton S. Hays (1826-75). In 1869 he went to New York to study at the National Academy of Design where he exhibited in 1871. That year he joined his family in St Louis, where John Mulvaney (1844-1906) encouraged him to study in Munich. With the support of several local patrons, enabling him to live abroad for the next six years, Chase entered the K?nigliche Akademie in Munich in 1872. Among his teachers were Alexander von Wagner (1838-1919), Karl Theodor von Piloty and Wilhelm von Diez (1839-1907). Chase also admired the work of Wilhelm Leibl. The school emphasized bravura brushwork, a technique that became integral to Chase's style, favoured a dark palette and encouraged the study of Old Master painters, particularly Diego Vel?zquez and Frans Hals. Among Chase's friends in Munich were the American artists Walter Shirlaw, J. Frank Currier and Frederick Dielman (1847-1935),
  A Friendly Visit (nn03)
  1895 Oil on canvas 76.8 x 122.5 cm 30 1/4 x 48 1/4 in National Gallery of Art Washington DC

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