Maker/Artist
Chase, William Merritt
American painter and printmaker, 1849-1916
Prolific painter of portraits, interiors, still lifes and landscapes, famed for establishing the fresh colour and bravura technique used in much early 20th-century American painting. He was considered the most important American teacher of his time; after teaching at the Art Students League of NY he formed the Chase School of Art in 1896. Comment on works: genre, Portraits
![Photo of collection object [Untitled] (Study of Heads) (recto) and [Untitled] (Study of Two Male Heads) (verso)](https://du1veq5hgyp3c.cloudfront.net/art/bkm_186561-m.webp)
