Name/Title
Holiday EveningEntry/Object ID
2021.15.07Description
A lithograph print by Francis Chapin. It depicts the a nighttime scene outside of the movie theater that was at the back of the Big Pavilion. Chapin uses big swaths of solid black ink, which helps contrast and illuminate the movie theater and its patrons meandering around.Type of Print
LithographCollection
1909 Big Pavilion -1960Cataloged By
Carow, NatAcquisition
Accession
2021.15Acquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Chapin, Francis 1899-1965Location
Shelf
AC bay 12Room
Art Conservation RoomExhibition
Curator’s Choice ExhibitInterpretative Labels
Label
Francis Chapin
1899 - 1965
Holiday Evening
undated | lithograph print
Notes: Francis Chapin was born in Bristolville, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Washington & Jefferson College and attended the Art Institute of Chicago on a fellowship.
From 1929 to 1946, he was a teacher at the Chicago Art Institute, and from 1941 to 1946 directed their Summer School at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan. He also taught at the John Herron Art Institute at the Indianapolis Art Museum and the University of Georgia. He was dubbed the Dean of Chicago Painters in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. *
This work captures the theater adjacent to the Big Pavilion on a busy evening. To the left, an orchestra is playing on the stage in the Pavilion dance hall.
*adapted from the Archives of askART
Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center
Gift of: Darin Leese and Frank Vandervort
Accession: 2021.15.07Create Date
August 3, 2021Update Date
September 2, 2024