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Both sets and costumes are bright and colorful, giving the production a feeling of vivacity. The first set by Stephen O. Saxe and Anthony Chapin could well be an illustration from Grimm's Fairy Tales...
Dingy Flats. What brought gawky (6 ft. 5 in.) Francis Chapin to Chicago as an art student in the first place was a conviction that the East, for all its galleries, dealers and big reputations, was dangerous for a painter's individuality. At Chicago's Art Institute "an artist had more chance to develop his own style," was not likely to be turned into a picayune Picasso or "little Kuniyoshi...
...Chapin stayed on to teach at the Institute. Following his rule of "painting whatever I have around me" ("I'm oldfashioned. I like to paint from nature"), he soon showed that he could ferret out color in a row of dingy flats, uncover excitement on a deserted street corner...
Woolen Socks. Two years ago, after nearly two decades as an art instructor, Chapin gave up teaching to try what few artists west of New York have succeeded in achieving: supporting his wife and daughters (aged 14 and 16) by his painting. Now he spends his mornings working in his North Side studio, his afternoons prowling the Chicago streets in search of subjects. Setting up his easel on sidewalks or in alleyways, he is used to the curious onlookers that gather, once disposed of a bothersome crowd by filling a big brush with water, swinging it casually over his shoulder...
...Chapin has had no reason to regret his decision. With an occasional portrait commission on the side, he has managed to support himself from his rambles through the big-city jungles. And returns from the Black Bull, which has been sold to the Chicago Athletic Association for $900, should keep the family going for a little while longer. "In this work," Chapin says philosophically, "three months is about as far ahead as you can plan. All I hope is that things work out so that I can keep...