biography of Robert Osborne CHADEAYNE (1897-1981)

Birth place: Cornwall, NY

Addresses: Firthcliff, NY, 1918; Columbus, OH/Cornwall, NY, 1940; Dublin, OH, 1973

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Colgate Univ; ASL; C.K. Chatterton; Henry Martin Hoyt; George Luks; John Sloan; George Bridgman.

Exhibited: AIC, 1916, 1919, 1920 (Norman Waite Harris Medal), 1932; PAFA, 1920-28, 1933; Corcoran Gal, 1921, 1926, 1930, 1932; Columbus AL, 1928, 1929, 1932 (prizes); NAD; WMAA, 1937; Butler Inst Am Art Midyear Nat Exhib, Youngstown, Ohio, 1965-70; Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD., 1970s; S.Indp.A. Awards: IBM Medal for contribution to world of art.

Member: Columbus Art League (v pres, pres, 1929-1932, bd dirs); Columbus Gallery Fine Arts (bd mgrs).

Work: John Lambert Collection, PAFA; Columbus Gallery Fine Arts; Butler Inst Am Art; Schumacker Collection, Capital Univ. Commissions: paintings, Broad and High St 1920, Trautman Off Bldg, Columbus, Ohio, 1964; Central Ohio, 1965; cityscape, Huntington Nat Bank, Columbus, 1970.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils, Pastels. Teaching: Dir drawing & painting, Columbus Art Sch, 1927-42; prof fine arts, Ohio State Univ, 1942-63.

Sources: WW73; WW40