Ox-Bow Grounds

Ox-Bow Grounds — Francis Chapin. 1947.

Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper. Dimensions: 34.9 × 43.5 cm (13 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Francis Chapin was involved with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), first as a student and then as an instructor, from 1922 to 1947, and he also taught at Ox-Bow and served as its director. Known fondly as the “Dean of Chicago Artists,” Chapin regularly invited SAIC students to Saturday night gatherings at his home, serving cold beer and bowls of popcorn. He was a close friend of Ivan Albright, but his artistic style was drastically different, preferring vibrantly colored local scenes. This image of the Ox-Bow grounds is rendered in a variety of gray and black tones typical of lithography.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.