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The following information, written by Cecil Broome, is from the website of the Bristol Savages*, an art association founded in 1904 in Bristol, England, and still active. Members refer to themselves as The Tribe and to their meeting area as the Wigwam.
Born in Bristol on 17th May 1878, William Chase received his early education at the
Rev. Anthony Hudson`s Private School. Later he studied at the City and
Guilds School in London where he won National Silver and Bronze Medals, and then he attended the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School where he won a Silver
Medal.
He entered the Civil Service and became an Inland Revenue
Officer but continued his painting and exhibited at the Royal Academy of London*
and several leading Galleries. When he came to Bristol in 1908 at the
age of thirty, he was already a well known portrait painter and a
specialist in flower paintings.
In April of 1908 he was elected an
Artist Member, but in October of the same year, he wrote asking to resign
owing to his inability to attend meetings. In October of 1909 however,
he wrote again seeking re-election and was readmitted. For two years he
was present at the Wigwam and his three Evening Sketches in the Tribe’s
collection were carried out during 1909 and 1910.
He then left Bristol
and later spent much time painting in Northern Italy and South America.
When he returned to England, he settled in Blewbury near Didcot in
Berkshire where, on 29th September 1944, he died aged sixty-six.
Seemingly, this was another transient member who entered the Tribe at
the beginning of a successful career. His main official purchases were
as follows: 1. Oil Painting entitled The Flower Jug bought for H. M.
Queen Mary 2. A Coloured Group of Sweet Peas and A Chintz Bunch, both
purchased by H. M. Queen of Norway. But his principal work is considered
to be The Rowley Inlaid Wood panels.
Source:
http://www.bristol-savages.org/past-artists/28.html
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