Biografie von Francis CHAPIN (1899-1965)

Birth place: Bristolville, OH

Death place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, lithographer, teacher

Studied: Washington & Jefferson College, B.S.; AIC (Bryan Lathrop Fellowship)

Exhibited: AIC, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1945, 1950 (prizes); AIC Int. Watercolor Exhib., 1929 (prize); PAFA, 1929-58 (medal, 1939, prizes, 1953; NAD, 1930 (prize); Corcoran Gal, 1930-53; 37th Annual Chicago Artists, 1933 (prize); Chicago SA, 1935 (medal); Am. Exhib., 1936 (prize); N.W. Harris, 1938 (medal); Chicago Gal. Assn., 1939 (prize); Salon d'Automne, Paris; MoMA, 1942; WMAA, 1941; Carnegie Inst

Member: NAD.

Work: AIC (watercolors); PAFA; Norton Gal. Art; AGAA at Phillips Acad.; Municipal Gallery, Davenport, IA; Mun. Collection, Chicago; BM; MMA; PMA; John Herron AI; Notre Dame; Oregon and Syracuse Univs.

Comments: Teaching: AIC, 1929-46 (dir., AIC Summer Sch., 1941-46); Univ. Georgia, 1951-53; Atlanta AI, 1954; John Herron AI, 1938, 1958.

Sources: WW59; WW40