Background
Chappell, Warren was born on July 9, 1904 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel Michael and Mary Lillian (Hardie) Chappell.
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Chappell, Warren was born on July 9, 1904 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel Michael and Mary Lillian (Hardie) Chappell.
He was a graduate of the University of Richmond, and then studied at the Art Students League of New York, under Boardman Robinson, where he later taught. In 1931-1932 he studied type design and punch-cutting under Rudolf Koch at the Design School Offenbach in Germany. In 1935 he studied illustration at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
The University of Richmond awarded him an honorary Doctorate.F.A. in 1968.
In 1970 his work in the graphic arts was recognized by the Rochester Institute of Technology, with the presentation of their Goudy Award.
After running his own studio in New York City for several years, Chappell traveled to Germany just before World World War II to work at Stempel on the typeface Trajanus. He returned to the United States at the onset of the war, having seen only initial proofs. He later devoted himself to book design and illustration and was closely associated with the firm of Alfred A. Knopf for which he designed many books
He also did illustrations for Random House, Harper & Row, and Doubleday.
He was typography consultant to both the Book of the Month Club and American Type Founders. He was Artist-in-Residence at University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
John Updike and Chappell worked together on books for children on music, including "The Magic Flute" (1962), "The Ring" (1964) and "Bottom"s Dream" (1969). His design for the East. P. Dutton re-issues of A. A. Milne"s Winnie-the-Pooh books are considered to be particularly elegant.
Koch Uncial (1932) in collaboration with Paul Koch Lydian Series (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) Lydian + Italic (1938) Lydian Bold + Italic (1938) Lydian Cursive (1940) Lydian Condensed + Italic (1946) Trajanus Antiqua (roman) + Trajanus Kursiv (italic) + Trajanus Halbfett (semi-bold) (1939, Stempel + Linotype (Frankfurt)), named for the same Roman emperor as Carol Twombly"s Trajan but a very different design, being a Medieval.
See French Edward Catich"s research for more on the origin of the typeface Trajan. The semi-bold weight however, was prepared by the foundry, Chappell having only made drawings (starting with a broad nibbed pen, then refining the contours using opaque white as if using an engraver) for the roman and italic designs.
The Huxley House specimen book for it was featured in an American Institute of Graphic Arts design annual.
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Member Master Drawings Association, Lawn Society of University of Virginia, Chilmark Associates (Massachusetts), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lydia Anne Hatfield, August 28, 1928.