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Catalogue entry
JFF.882
John Chapin Brinsmade
1930
Oil on canvas
40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm)
Signed lower left: John Folinsbee
Folinsbee 1920s–40s stockbook: no number n.p.: sketch
The Gunnery School
Provenance
The Gunnery School
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Published References
No known published references.
Notes
John Chapin Brinsmade was the nephew of the founder of the Gunnery School, Frederick Gunn. It was Mr. Brinsmade, along with Elizabeth A. Kempton, the school's art teacher (see JFF.879), who perceived Folinsbee's developing talent as an artist. Mr. Brinsmade allowed the young artist to work outside the regular school curriculum with a local painter, Herbert Faulkner. Mr. Brinsmade died suddenly two weeks after the portrait was completed.
Record last updated April 22, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""John Chapin Brinsmade, 1930 (JFF.882)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=882 (accessed on October 31, 2025).