Francis Chapin

Francis Chapin

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name = Francis Chapin


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birthdate = birth date|1889|02|14|mf=y
location = Bristolville, Ohio
deathdate = death date and age|1965|2|23|1889|2|14|mf=y
deathplace = Chicago, Illinois
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field = oil, watercolor
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Francis Chapin (February 14 1899ref|SSDI–February 23 1965ref|Trib) was an American artist. His works included both watercolors and oil paintings of landscapes and portraits.

He was born in Bristolville, Ohio and received his undergraduate degree at Washington and Jefferson College in 1921. A year later he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he spent six years and won the Bryan Lathrop Fellowship in his last year. He chose to remain in Chicago where he became known as the “Dean of Chicago Painters.” It wasn't until 1929 when he hosted his first pair of one-man shows.

Chapin was an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1929 to 1947.ref|Trib In 1932, Chapin was approached by Grant Wood and accepted a faculty position at the Stone City Art Colony, where he taught lithography for two summers. From 1934 to 1938, he taught at Art Institute of Chicago's summer art school at Saugatuck, Michigan, and he served as director of the summer school from 1941 to 1945.ref|Trib He was also the Artist-in-Residence at the Old Sculpin Gallery on Martha's Vineyard for many years.

Among Chapin’s notable showings were at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. His works are in permanent collections at the Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum (NYC), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Syracuse University, and other museums.

Chapin died in his home at 347 Menomonee Street in Chicago on February 23 1965.ref|Trib In reporting his death, one newspaper described Chapin's appearance as follows: "he was a colorful figure, nearly 6 feet 6 inches tall, and thin, and usually wearing tweeds." ref|Trib

Chapin's papers are held in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

References

# Francis Chapin entry, Social Security Death Index [http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Chapin&firstname=Francis&nt=exact] .
# "Chicago Tribune", February 24 1965.

External links

* [http://www.artline.com/galleries/haslem/chapin/bio.html Jane Haslem Gallery - Francis Chapin biography]
* [http://www.mtmercy.edu/stone/chapin.htm The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933 - Francis Chapin biography]
* [http://www.marthasvineyardartassociation.org/francis_chapin.html The Old Sculpin Gallery - Francis Chapin]
* [http://artandsocialissues.cmaohio.org/web-content/pages/econ_chapin.html Columbus Museum of Art] Web page on Chapin's 1938 lithograph "Jobless Man" (click on picture for larger image)


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