About Charles Henry Chapin

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Charles H Chaplin
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    Charles Chapin had studios in Boston, New York City, New Orleans, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Appearing to change locations continually, he had an itinerant career as an illustrator, art teacher and painter of portraits and landscapes in oil and watercolor.

    Chapin painted landscapes that reflect the drama and emotional expression characteristic of 19th-century landscape painting, especially the excitement over natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon and scenes in the Adirondack Mountains. He was also noted for his portrait of Polish actress Helena Modjeska , posed when she played the role of Mary Queen of Scots. In New Orleans he did Creole subjects.

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