Nineteenth-century artist William Merritt Chase frequently painted serene scenes of Gilded Age Prospect Park, Von King’s (Tompkins) Park, and other Brooklyn landscapes.
No wonder—this teacher at the Art Students League reportedly lived for a time on Marcy Avenue.
The Brooklyn Museum has an extensive collection of his work.
Tags: Art Students League New York City, Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn history, Brooklyn in 1866, Brooklyn in the 1860s, famous Brooklyn painters, Marcy Avenue Brooklyn, Prospect Park history, Tompkins Park Brooklyn, Von King's Park, William Merritt Chase
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