James Ormsbee Chapin (9 July 1887 in West Orange, New Jersey - 12 July 1975 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an American painter and illustrator.
Chapin studied at Cooper Union, the Art Students League of New York, and abroad at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, where he received the First Award and Gold Medal.
Chapin executed numerous portraits of well-known public figures; at least five of his portraits were commissioned by TIME as cover art. His works have been acquired by many private collectors and for the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (where he taught portraiture), the Encyclopædia Britannica, Duncan Phillips Memorial Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Newark Museum, Amherst College, Dartmouth, and others.[1]
He was the father of jazz musician Jim Chapin and grandfather of folk singer Harry Chapin.