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1887 West Orange, New York - 1975 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Figure, mod genre-satire, interiors.
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. James Chapin was born in West Orange, New York. He was a pupil of the Antwerp... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. James Chapin was born in West Orange, New York. He was a pupil of the Antwerp Royal Academy and the Society of Independent Painters of America. Not American but post-Impressionist... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. James Chapin was born in West Orange, New York. He was a pupil of the Antwerp Royal Academy and the Society of Independent Painters of America. Not American but post-Impressionist French were the canvases of agile, sensitive James Chapin up to 1924. Cezanne was his idol. That year he left Greenwich Village, took a walking trip in the hills of northern New Jersey. There he found a... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. James Chapin was born in West Orange, New York. He was a pupil of the Antwerp Royal Academy and the Society of Independent Painters of America. Not American but post-Impressionist French were the canvases of agile, sensitive James Chapin up to 1924. Cezanne was his idol. That year he left Greenwich Village, took a walking trip in the hills of northern New Jersey. There he found a two-room cabin, decided it would be a quiet place to paint. He rented it for $4 a month from the Marvins, a tight-fisted, hard-working farm family. Soon Chapin got so absorbed in spare, taciturn, unschooled Emmet, George and Ella Marvin that he... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. James Chapin was born in West Orange, New York. He was a pupil of the Antwerp Royal Academy and the Society of Independent Painters of America. Not American but post-Impressionist French were the canvases of agile, sensitive James Chapin up to 1924. Cezanne was his idol. That year he left Greenwich Village, took a walking trip in the hills of northern New Jersey. There he found a two-room cabin, decided it would be a quiet place to paint. He rented it for $4 a month from the Marvins, a tight-fisted, hard-working farm family. Soon Chapin got so absorbed in spare, taciturn, unschooled Emmet, George and Ella Marvin that he stopped painting cubist arrangements of rocks, scaffolding and apple trees, became instead a limner of the... Read full biography
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Keywords (44)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Satire, Parody
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Royal Academy of Arts School (Schools) of London, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Frank Rehn Gallery, New York City
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts