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Charles Shepard Chapman (June 2, 1879 – December 15, 1962) was an American painter, perhaps best remembered for his landscape of the Grand Canyon at the American Museum of Natural History.[1]

Charles Shepard Chapman
Charles Shepard Chapman c. 1920
Born(1879-06-02)June 2, 1879
Morristown, New York
DiedDecember 15, 1962(1962-12-15) (aged 83)
Leonia, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
EducationPratt Institute, Art Students' League, Chase School
Known forpainting, drawing

Early life and education


Chapman was born in Morristown, New York. He studied at the New York School of Art. Chapman was under the mentor-ship of Walter Appleton Clark and William Merritt Chase.[2]


Career


Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon

Around 1910, Chapman moved to Leonia, New Jersey, where he maintained his home and studio[3] and ran a school teaching illustration for a few years with Harvey Dunn.[2] He was a teacher at the Art Students League school in Manhattan.[2] Chapman also taught at the University of Wyoming.[4] In the 1930s and 1940s, Chapman also taught art intermittently in his hometown of Morristown.[5]


References


  1. "Collections - National Academy Museum". nationalacademy.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. "Charles Shepard Chapman (1879-1962): Original Paintings & Art For Sale". illustratedgallery.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. Staff. "Charles S. Chapman, 83, Prize-Winning Artist, Dies", The New York Times, December 17, 1962. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Leonia, N.Y., [sic] Dec. 16 - Charles Shepard Chapman, an artist, teacher and academician of the American Academy of Design, died yesterday at his home on 156 Sylvan Avenue where he had lived and worked for 50 years."
  4. "The Artist Wife - Brenau Galleries". 26 July 2013.
  5. "Paintings by Charles Chapman students on display in Morristown". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.




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