Vera Chapman (New Zealand artist) explained

Vera Chapman
Birth Name:Clara Vera Chapman
Birth Date:28 June 1885
Birth Place:Dunedin, New Zealand[1]
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
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Relatives:Frederick Chapman (father)

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]

Biography

Chapman was born in Dunedin on 28 June 1885 to Clara Jane Chapman (née Cook) and Frederick Revans Chapman.[7] She was the second of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. Chapman attended private schools in Dunedin, including Overn Lodge,[8] 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.[5]

Chapman exhibited with the Otago Society of Arts,[9] [10] the South Canterbury Art Society,[11] the Canterbury Society of Arts[12] [13] and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.[14] [15] [16]

Chapman had an interest in history and recorded her father's biography, covering both his time in England and New Zealand.

Personal life

On 12 October 1915, at her father's house in Wellington, Chapman married lawyer and literary editor Siegfried Eichelbaum (1884–1952).[17] [18] [19] Following her marriage, she exhibited under the name Vera Eichelbaum.[20] [21] Her last exhibition was in 1929.[22] She died at her home in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon on 21 September 1953,[23] and her ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[24]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eichelbaum, Vera . Find New Zealand Artists . 9 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Eichelbaum, Clara Vera, 1885–1953 . National Library of New Zealand . 7 January 2020.
  3. Book: Platts, Una . Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook . Chapman, Vera (Clara Vera) (Mrs Vera Eichelbaum) 1885–1953 . Una Platts . Avon Fine Prints . Christchurch . 1980 . 64 . 7 January 2020.
  4. Book: The Turnbull Library Record. Friends of the Turnbull Library. 1994.
  5. Book: McGahey, Kate . The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists . Gilt Edge . Wellington . 2000 . 42.
  6. Web site: Papers of Clara Eichelbaum . National Library of New Zealand . 9 January 2020 . en . 1 January 1885.
  7. News: Births . Otago Witness . 1754 . 4 July 1885 . 17 . 7 January 2020.
  8. News: Poverty Bay Herald . 28 December 1901 . 2 . XXVIII . 9336 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  9. News: Otago Art Society. Thirty-sixth Exhibition. The Oil Paintings. . 18 November 1912 . Evening Star . 3 . 15035 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  10. News: Otago Art Society. Fine Exhibition of Sketches . 8 January 2020 . Otago Daily Times . 15788 . 12 June 1913 . 4.
  11. Book: Sixth exhibition . October 1913 . South Canterbury Art Society . 12 . 9 January 2020.
  12. News: The Art Society. The Pictures . 10 April 1913 . The Press . 3 . XLIX . 14636 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  13. News: Chryssa . For Women Folk. Women and the Arts . 7 January 2020 . Star . 11207 . 13 October 1914 . 7 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  14. News: Crewes . John . Zoo Notes. Watchful Mothers. The Picture Competition . 7 January 2020 . The Dominion . 6 . 1777 . 16 June 1913 . 3 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  15. News: Fine Arts Academy of New Zealand. The Oils-II . 10 October 1913 . The Dominion . 11 . 7 . 1877 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  16. News: Fine Arts Academy of New Zealand. The Water-Colours . 13 October 1913 . The Dominion . 11 . 7 . 1879 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  17. News: Table talk . 20 October 1915 . Otago Witness . 3214 . 66 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz . 8 January 2020.
  18. Web site: Siegfried Eichelbaum 1884–1952 . New Zealand Electronic Text Collection . Victoria University of Wellington . 7 January 2020.
  19. News: Siegfried Eichelbaum . The Spike: Victoria College Review . 1957 . F.A. . de la Mare . 33 . 7 January 2020.
  20. News: N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts. Notes on the Exhibits . 17 October 1918 . The Dominion . 9 . 12 . 19 . 7 January 2020 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  21. News: Academy of Arts. Another Look Round. Water-Colour Section . 7 January 2020 . New Zealand Times . XLIII . 10100 . 14 October 1918 . 7 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  22. Book: Portrait of a Century . Kay . Eden . Robin . Tony . Millwood Press . 1983 . Wellington . 209.
  23. News: Deaths . New Zealand Herald . 22 September 1953 . 1.
  24. Web site: Details: Eichelbaum, Clara Vera . Wellington City Council . 8 January 2020.

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