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"\r\n\r\nMyron Butman Chapin  (American,1887-1958)&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\nTaxco, Mexico&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\nWatercolor on paper, signed lower right, located and dated \u201C1935\u201D   **&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPainting Size:  14.25\u201D x 19.25\u201D&lt;br&gt;\r\nFrame Size: 21.75 \u201D x  26.5\u201D&lt;p&gt; **Please Note:  This item is not currently on view in our gallery.  Please call at least 48 hours in advance if you wish to see it. &lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\nChapin was a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as the University of Chicago. He was a painter and the director of the Michigan Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Chicago. Chapin exhibited extensively at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Art. &lt;br&gt;\r\nWhile serving during WWI, Chapin executed numerous pen and ink drawings of battles and soldiers whch are held in the collection of the WWI Museum in Kansas City, MO.&lt;br&gt;\r\nAdditionally he was the author of two books: \u201CVisual Understanding\u201D (1954) and \u201CDrawing the Human Figure\u201D(1939).&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\nSource:&lt;br&gt;\r\nFalk, Peter, ed. \"Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975\" &lt;br&gt;\r\nWith thanks to the Chapin family for additioal information.&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n**The portrait sketch on the reverse may be by his wife Margaret (Hittle) Chapin who also was an artist and teacher."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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