Art: With Wisdom Coiled Inside

At 73, unbuffeted by the latest fuss or fashion, Painter James Chapin lives quietly on his New Jersey farm doing exactly as he wants. "As usual," he will say when asked. "I am painting people." His people may be famous or obscure, and may end up anywhere from the wall of a museum to the cover of TIME, but his work sets him apart as one of the finest veteran portraitists going. One of his best portraits made news last week when Amherst College announced that it had bought for its permanent collection his...

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