Vera Chapman | |
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Born | Clara Vera Chapman 28 June 1885 |
Died | 21 September 1953
Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 68)
Spouse |
Siegfried Eichelbaum
(
m. 1915; died 1952) |
Relatives |
Frederick Chapman (father) Henry Samuel Chapman (grandfather) Martin Chapman (uncle) Langer Owen (brother-in-law) |
Clara Vera Eichelbaum (née Chapman; 28 June 1885 – 21 September 1953) was a New Zealand painter who exhibited as Vera Chapman and Vera Eichelbaum. [2] Her portrait of her father, Sir Frederick Chapman, is in the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Wellington, and other artworks are in the Hocken Collections in Dunedin. [3] [4] [5] Her papers are held in the permanent collection of the National Library of New Zealand. [6]
Chapman was born in Dunedin on 28 June 1885 to Clara Jane Chapman (née Cook) and Frederick Revans Chapman. [7] [8] She was the second of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. [9] Chapman attended private schools in Dunedin, including Overn Lodge, [10] until the family moved to Wellington due to her father's transfer to the capital. [3] In 1911, she went to Paris and studied art there, returning to Wellington in 1914. [3] [5] She taught art at Chilton Saint James School. [3] [5]
Chapman exhibited with the Otago Society of Arts, [11] [12] the South Canterbury Art Society, [13] the Canterbury Society of Arts [14] [15] and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Chapman had an interest in history and recorded her father's biography, covering both his time in England and New Zealand. [21]
On 12 October 1915, at her father's house in Wellington, Chapman married lawyer and literary editor Siegfried Eichelbaum (1884–1952). [22] [23] [24] Following her marriage, she exhibited under the name Vera Eichelbaum. [3] [19] [20] Her last exhibition was in 1929. [25] She died at her home in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon on 21 September 1953, [26] and her ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. [27]
Vera Chapman | |
---|---|
Born | Clara Vera Chapman 28 June 1885 |
Died | 21 September 1953
Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 68)
Spouse |
Siegfried Eichelbaum
(
m. 1915; died 1952) |
Relatives |
Frederick Chapman (father) Henry Samuel Chapman (grandfather) Martin Chapman (uncle) Langer Owen (brother-in-law) |
Clara Vera Eichelbaum (née Chapman; 28 June 1885 – 21 September 1953) was a New Zealand painter who exhibited as Vera Chapman and Vera Eichelbaum. [2] Her portrait of her father, Sir Frederick Chapman, is in the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Wellington, and other artworks are in the Hocken Collections in Dunedin. [3] [4] [5] Her papers are held in the permanent collection of the National Library of New Zealand. [6]
Chapman was born in Dunedin on 28 June 1885 to Clara Jane Chapman (née Cook) and Frederick Revans Chapman. [7] [8] She was the second of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. [9] Chapman attended private schools in Dunedin, including Overn Lodge, [10] until the family moved to Wellington due to her father's transfer to the capital. [3] In 1911, she went to Paris and studied art there, returning to Wellington in 1914. [3] [5] She taught art at Chilton Saint James School. [3] [5]
Chapman exhibited with the Otago Society of Arts, [11] [12] the South Canterbury Art Society, [13] the Canterbury Society of Arts [14] [15] and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Chapman had an interest in history and recorded her father's biography, covering both his time in England and New Zealand. [21]
On 12 October 1915, at her father's house in Wellington, Chapman married lawyer and literary editor Siegfried Eichelbaum (1884–1952). [22] [23] [24] Following her marriage, she exhibited under the name Vera Eichelbaum. [3] [19] [20] Her last exhibition was in 1929. [25] She died at her home in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon on 21 September 1953, [26] and her ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. [27]