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Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1849 - 1916

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Eugene Paul Ullman papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0042-01
Abstract Eugene Paul Ullman (1877-1953), was an American painter of landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Ullman studied and later taught with artist William Merritt Chase during the earliest years of the Chase School, predecessor school to what became Parsons School of Design. The collection consists of artwork in the form of sketches and photographs of paintings, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, and unpublished essay manuscripts. Much of the material is annotated by...
Dates: circa 1880-2000

Richard Tweedy letters from Europe

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0156-01
Abstract

The collection consists of 53 handwritten letters from Richard Tweedy during his time in Holland with William Merritt Chase's 1903 summer abroad program, and from a later period when Tweedy lived in Paris. (One 1906 letter is from his home in New Hampshire.) The letters are mostly addressed to Tweedy's mother, Mary Alice Belcher Tweedy, while a few are addressed to his brother and to his father. Typed transcriptions of each letter are included.

Dates: 1903-1914; circa 2021

Ronald G. Pisano project records for the William Merritt Chase catalogue raisonné

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0010-01
Abstract These records consist of files compiled and produced during the more than thirty years of research and writing that culminated in the publication of the Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), published in four volumes by Yale University Press between 2006 and 2010. The project was started by Ronald G. Pisano (1948-2000) and completed by D. Frederick Baker and Carolyn Lane after Pisano's death. ...
Dates: 1896 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2007

Roy Fleming collection

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0065
Summary

Canadian elementary school teacher Roy F. Fleming (1878-1958) produced the notebook and drawing in this collection while attending the New York School of Art (later, Parsons School of Design) between 1902 and 1907. Fleming's notes include sketches illustrating lectures by Frank Alvah Parsons, William Merritt Chase, and Robert Henri. The collection also includes a photograph of Fleming, his diploma, and a color chart created for art instruction.

Dates: 1900 - 1915

William Merritt Chase etchings "Keying Up--the Court Jester" and "Spanish Peasant"

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0080
Abstract

American artist and founder of Parsons School of Design William Merritt Chase (1848-1916) etched the two works comprising this collection, "Keying Up--the Court Jester" (1879) and "Spanish Peasant" (circa 1881).

Dates: 1879, circa 1881