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William Merritt Chase

1849 - 1916

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William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 – October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later became the Parsons School of Design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Merritt Chase is the 1,830th most popular painter (down from 1,705th in 2019), the 8,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,312th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Merritt Chase ranks 1,830 out of 2,023. Before him are Kiki Smith, Hans Eworth, Arthur Dove, Oldřich Lajsek, Jaroslav Čermák, and Ásgrímur Jónsson. After him are Samuel Palmer, William Kentridge, Kenyon Cox, David Wilkie, Józef Pankiewicz, and Elena Guro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Merritt Chase ranks 99. Before him are Joaquim Nabuco, Princess Marie of Hanover, Alfred Kleiner, Eugen Huber, Louis Glineur, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. After him are Horace Lamb, Henry Clay Frick, August Palm, John Hopkinson, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Edmund Gosse. Among people deceased in 1916, William Merritt Chase ranks 135. Before him are Guido Romano, Alfred Kleiner, Clements Markham, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Sámuel Teleki, and Béla Békessy. After him are Lorenzo Latorre, Mary Everest Boole, Samu Fóti, Charles Dawson, Aeneas Mackintosh, and Gorch Fock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Merritt Chase ranks 8,226 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Long (1947), Andy Cohen (1968), Charli D'Amelio (2004), Barry Commoner (1917), Richard Boone (1917), and Marcus Loew (1870). After him are John F. Reynolds (1820), Colman Domingo (1969), Ina Balin (1937), Buster Crabbe (1908), Michael Tilson Thomas (1944), and Dina Merrill (1923).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, William Merritt Chase ranks 101. Before him are Theodore Robinson (1852), Lawrence Weiner (1942), John Marin (1870), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Edward Ruscha (1937), and Arthur Dove (1880). After him are Kenyon Cox (1856), Kay Sage (1898), Charles R. Knight (1874), Mel Ramos (1935), Willard Metcalf (1858), and Paul McCarthy (1945).

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