Charles Shepard Chapman (1879-1962) [RA 1908-1962]
American Realist illustrator & artist ;
Charles S. Chapman ; C.S. Chapman ; C. S. Chapman ; C. Shepard Chapman ; Charles Chapman C. Chapman ;
[Born June 2, 1879 in Morristown, NY – died December 15, 1962 in Leonia, NJ]
SAL record control number: 65228 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Biography:
Birth: June 2, 1879 in Morristown, NY ;
Death: December 15, 1962 in Leonia, NJ ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Gemini ;
Known for: Magazine illustration ; painting ;
Medium: Oil ; charcoal ;
Technique: Painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: Orientalism ; illustration ; book illustration ; magazine illustration ;
Areas: Morristown, NJ ; Leonia, NJ ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: Morristown, NJ ; Leonia, NJ ;
Father: Henry Augustus Chapman ;
Mother: Laura (Shepard) Chapman ;
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Training: Pratt Institute High School, New York, NY ; Chase Art School, New York, NY ; New York School of Art, New York, NY ;
Instructors: Walter Appleton Clark ; Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) [RA 1899-1940] ; William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) [RA 1877-1916] ;
Work: Illustrations for Century magazine, Ladies Home Journal ;
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Member: Salmagundi, New York, NY, resident artist member (1908-1962), entertainment committee (1915-1916), art committee member (1924-1925), art committee chairman (1925-1926), admissions committee member (1926-1934) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, member ;
Exhibited with: Salmagundi, New York, NY (1909-1939+) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Saltus medal (1917), Carnegie prize (1917) ; Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, NY ; Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ ;
Awards: Salmagundi, New York, NY, Samuel Twybill Shaw (1860-1945) prize for black and white exhibitions, 1899-1944 (1910 1st place, 1911 2nd place) ; Samuel Twybill Shaw (1860-1945) purchase prize, 1904-1944 (1929) ; Charles Vezin (1858-1942) prize, 1911-1932, 1944-1948, 1949-1950 (1920) ; Frank Sandison Turnbull (1866-1923) Prize, 1913-1922 (1921) ; James Woodworth Porter (1863-1948) Prize, 1914-1931 (1930) ;
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Digital-born document number:
SAL.2019.65228
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Record birth date:
January 1, 1908
Last updated: July 10, 2023 at 17:10 pm

