Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
William Merritt Chase
Born: November 1, 1849
Died: October 25, 1916 (aged 66)
Bio: William Merritt Chase 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 would become Parsons The New School for Design.
Known for:
- The Turkish Page (1876)
- The Moorish Warrior (1876)
- Back of a Nude (1888)
- A Modern Magdalen (1888)
- Still Life with Vegetable (1870)







