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Kate Freeman Clark began studying to be a proper lady at the Gardner Institute in New York in 1891. Following her graduation in 1893, she and her mother went to the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago where Kate was introduced to the world of painting that was to consume her life for the next 30 years.

Following their return to New York, Kate enrolled in the Art Students League, beginning with John Henry Twachtman's class in drawing and progressing to Irving Ramsey Wiles' class in watercolors. Another instructor in the school, William Merritt Chase, was her teacher in still life painting. This would begin her association and mentorship that would last until Chase's death in 1916.

These three instructors had traveled and studied extensively in Europe until 1878 when Chase began teaching at the newly formed Art Students League and set up a studio on 10th Street in New York. On further travels in Europe Chase encountered the plein aire style of French Impressionism.

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