Francis Chapin: career timeline
American · 1899–1965 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 7 of 20 lots (35% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
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1930s 6 works
- Sold
- 1 of 6
- Median
- $953Sign up
- Average
- $953Sign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 14 in (42 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Oil (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1930 Chicago River$953Sign up
c. 1930 Untitled Landscape (Blue/Green), circa 1930s - 1940s, originalResult not published
c. 1930 Untitled (Winter Scene), circa 1930s - 1940sResult not published
c. 1930 Untitled (Seated Portrait of a Girl), circa 1930s-1940sResult not published
c. 1930 Untitled (Seated Nude), circa 1930s-1940sResult not published
c. 1930 Standing Nude with Veil, circa 1930s-1940sResult not published
1940s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
13 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $170Sign up
- Average
- $170Sign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 9.5 in (17 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2005 Yellow Cat$170Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $592Sign up
- Average
- $592Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 14 in (25 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2013 Winter Dusk – Chicago$592Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 22 in (39 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Watercolor (4), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1), Palms (1), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2020 NanResult not published
sold 2021 Red BarnsUnsold
sold 2023 Blue Harbor$850Sign up
sold 2024 Town Square with Church and Palm Trees$252Sign up
sold 2024 Illinois Town$252Sign up
sold 2025 Lake Front, ChicagoResult not published
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2025 City Landscape$1.9kSign up
sold 2026 Cedarburg Church$1.2kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$448Sign up
sold 2026 Girl in Red$1.7kSign up
sold 2026 Luncheon on the Grass$3.3kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Francis Chapin auction results →