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Warren Chase Merritt (1897 - 1968) Painter, muralist. Born in Randsburg, CA on Dec. 3, 1897.

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As a young boy Merritt sketched ships along the Eureka waterfront. He was fascinated by the sea and his childhood along the coast had a great influence on his future work. When he was about 14, his father, manager of the North Pacific Steamship Company, was drowned in the wreck of the Hanalei off Ducksbury Reef.

Soon thereafter, the Merritt family moved to Sausalito and he enrolled at the CSFA for one term while working as a commercial artist.

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In 1929 the Crown Zellerbach Corporation commissioned him to paint his first mural, the history of paper making and shipping in the San Francisco Bay area. Throughout his life he painted a number of murals, one commissioned by the Shell Oil Company and another by Pacific Gas & Electric plus a number of historical wall panels for the Mamaroneck (NY) Library.

Between 1935-42, Merritt