The Life and Career of Harry Chase Born in Woodstock, Vermont, to Dr. Henry Seymour Chase and Sarah Denison Chase, Harry Chase spent his early years in Iowa before moving to St. Louis, Missouri. His formal artistic training began in St. Louis under James Reeve Stuart, followed by studies at the National Academy of Design in New York. Seeking further education, he traveled to Munich to study at the Bavarian Royal Academy of Fine Arts fr…