Bill Chappell – Covered Wagon Oil Painting

Bill Chappell, Western Artist and Sculptor (7/16/1919 – 9/22/2010).  Listed artist noted for his western themed paintings and bronzes.  His works can be found in museums and many collections.  Giclee prints of his works can sometimes sell for upwards of $500. This oil painting is signed and dated 1965. It is nicely framed.  Dimensions 32 by 27 inches. Item #102.
Magazine covers that featured his work:
•    Western Horseman
•    Paint Horse Journal
•    Craftsman Magazine
Feature articles in:
•    Wild West Magazine
•    Cowboy Magazine
•    Western Horseman
•    Southwest Art
•    Art West
•    Numerous newspapers
Major resource book listings:
•    Buffalo Soldiers of the West, Carroll
•    Bronzes of the American West, Broder
•    Contemporary Western Art, Samuels
•    Cowboy in Art, Ainsworth
•    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Western Artists
•    Personalities of America
•    The Story of Leanin’ Tree: Art and Enterprise in the American West, Ed Trumble
•    Who’s Who in Western Art

Other accomplishments:
•    A life-size leather carving of Will Rogers, which was shown in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City for several years.
•    Ten nationally-distributed Christmas/note cards by the Leanin’ Tree Card Company of Boulder, Colorado.
•    Commissioned by Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas to produce the “Hardin-Simmons Cowboy” in bronze and painted the same in a rodeo setting.
•    Featured artist at the International Art Show at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas
•    Beginning in 1980, for 19 years Bill donated a special painting to The South Texas Children’s Home is Beeville, Texas, for their Christmas card.
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Major art collections in which Bill Chappell’s work appears:
•    Bob Rockwell, Corning, New York
•    Cid Richardson Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas
•    Maybe Foundation, Midland, Texas
•    Cullen Foundation
•    Houston Endowment
•    Rockwell Foundation of Houston
•    Parker Collection of Tulsa (Oklahoma)
•    The King Collection
•    Fine Arts Center of Pueblo, Colorado
•    Ben E. Keath, Dallas, Texas
•    Stanford Museum, Texas
•    Barnard’s Mill (Fielder Foundation)
•    Leanin’ Tree Museum
•    Buckaroo Hall of Fame Museum, Winnemucca, Nevada