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1859 Fall River, Massachusetts - 1927 Fall River, Massachusetts. Known for: Still life, sea-landscape and portrait painting.
Bryant Chapin was born, lived, painted and died in Fall River, Massachusetts, though he did travel on occasion to Europe, where he painted landscapes. But he was primarily a still-life painter and... Read full biography
Bryant Chapin was born, lived, painted and died in Fall River, Massachusetts, though he did travel on occasion to Europe, where he painted landscapes. But he was primarily a still-life painter and sometime portraitist as one of the group of Fall River artists. Fruit was Chapin's primary still-life... Read full biography
Bryant Chapin was born, lived, painted and died in Fall River, Massachusetts, though he did travel on occasion to Europe, where he painted landscapes. But he was primarily a still-life painter and sometime portraitist as one of the group of Fall River artists. Fruit was Chapin's primary still-life subject, depicted with atmospheric* form and light, and high-key color, and placed on complexly-constructed tables whose shiny surfaces enhanced their reflections. The sense of presence and mystery he... Read full biography
Bryant Chapin was born, lived, painted and died in Fall River, Massachusetts, though he did travel on occasion to Europe, where he painted landscapes. But he was primarily a still-life painter and sometime portraitist as one of the group of Fall River artists. Fruit was Chapin's primary still-life subject, depicted with atmospheric* form and light, and high-key color, and placed on complexly-constructed tables whose shiny surfaces enhanced their reflections. The sense of presence and mystery he brought to these paintings was much appreciated by the public. Chapin later placed his softly, atmospherically conceived still-lifes in an outdoor setting, as if the berries he favored as subject matter had recently been picked and were lying on the... Read full biography
Bryant Chapin was born, lived, painted and died in Fall River, Massachusetts, though he did travel on occasion to Europe, where he painted landscapes. But he was primarily a still-life painter and sometime portraitist as one of the group of Fall River artists. Fruit was Chapin's primary still-life subject, depicted with atmospheric* form and light, and high-key color, and placed on complexly-constructed tables whose shiny surfaces enhanced their reflections. The sense of presence and mystery he brought to these paintings was much appreciated by the public. Chapin later placed his softly, atmospherically conceived still-lifes in an outdoor setting, as if the berries he favored as subject matter had recently been picked and were lying on the ground or in boxes. In Chapin's younger days in Fall River, Robert S. Dunning was his teacher, and, not s... Read full biography
Bryant Chapin - Artist Info
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Europe
Art Teacher
- •Robert Spear Dunning
Art School
- •Fall River Evening Drawing School-Teacher
- •Fall River School Evening Drawing School-Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Still Life Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Fall River School of Painting
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston