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wasconnectedwiththeFineArtsSectionoftheWorksProgressAdministrationin
1936.HewonanawardintheMuseumofModernArt's"ArtistasReporter"ex-
hibitionin1940;twoawardsinacompetitionconductedfortheRedCrossin1942;
First Prize indrawinginthethirtiethannualshowoftheBrooklyn Societyof
ArtistsattheBrooklynMuseumin194(),andFirstPrizeinpaintingintheSociety's
thirty-fouithannual showat the RiversideMuseum,Xcw^'ork, in 1950. First
HonorableMentioninpaintingwasgivenhisworkintheninthannual.Audubon
Artists.showinNewYorkin1951.Hispictureshavebeenshownextensivelyinthe
EastandtosomeextentintheMidwest.Candell\%'asalsocommissionedtopaint
anoutdoormuralfortheofficialbuildingofthegovernmentofIraqattheNewYork
\Vorld'sFairin1939.
Experienceinarteducationincludesclas-scsathisstudiosince 1941,teaching
attheBrooklynNavyHospitalin1946,fortheAmericanRedCross,and,from^1946
tothepresent,classesinpaintinganddrawingasamemberofthefacultyofthe
BrooklynMu>.(>uin.\rt.School.HelivesinNew^'orkCity.
CARRINGTON,Leonora.ThePlaceoftheTreasure, 35 x19'/>.
Illustration—Plate 17
LeonoraCarringtonwasborninLancashire,England,in1917.Whenshewas
fourshestartedpaintingandwasentirelyself-taughtuntil,attheageofnineteen,
shestudiedattheOzenfantAcademyinLondon,acquiringtechnicalskillthereby.
Herearliertrainingwascompletelyrevolutionized,however,bycontactwiththe
SurrealistsinParis.ThoughconsideredanEnglishwriterandpainter,shehaslived
inFrance,Lisbon,andNew\n\V.,andnowmakesherhomeinMexicoCity.—IFrom
thecatalogueoftheBelAmiInternalionalArtCompetition,The.AmericanFedera-
tionofArts,Washington,D.C:.,1947.)
CHAPIN,Francis.HouseoftheDo^s,'Mx44. Illustration—Plate 109
"Nothingveryunusualabout thepaintingHouseoftheDons.Itwaspainted
one.summerinMexico,carriedbacktoMexicothefollowingsmniner,andpainted
uponagain.Triedtomakeatruthfulstatementofsomeprettypurpleshadowson
apinkstructure.Beganitwithcaseinwashes,builtupsomeoilundcrpainting.and
usedsomeoilglazes."
FrancisChapinconsidersthathisstatementinthecatalogueoftheexhibition
"Americans1942"heldattheMuseumofModern.ArtinNew^'ork"stillisfairly
apt,althoughIhavemellowedintenyearsinregardtoprintsincolor.Stillhave
ahankeringforartistictruthinpainting."
HewasborninBristol,Ohio,in1899. TheU.S.degreewasachievedat\Vash-
inglonandJeffersonCollege,followedbystudyatthe.ArtInstituteofChicagofrom
1922 to1928.ThenextyearhewaspaintinginEurope,largelyinFrance,theresult
of havingwonaBryanLathropFellowship.From 1930 to 1947 Chapintaught
lithographyandpaintingatthe.ArtInstituteofChicago.Likesomanyartistswho
wereofageintheI93n"s,healsopaintedfortheW.P..A.During 1951 hewasresident
artistattheUniversityofGeorgia.
Variousprizesforoil,watercolor,andlithographyhavecomehisway.Chapin's
BlaekBullwonFirstPrizeinaChicagoartists'exhibitionin1950.Hisworkhas
beenexhibitedwidelyinthiscountryand hasappearedattheTateGalleryin
LondonandtheSalond.VulonineinParis.Itformspartofthepermanentcollec-
