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Vera Chapman (New Zealand artist)

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]

Vera Chapman
Born
Clara Vera Chapman

(1885-06-28)28 June 1885
Dunedin, New Zealand[1]
Died21 September 1953(1953-09-21) (aged 68)
Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse
Siegfried Eichelbaum
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(m. 1915; died 1952)​
RelativesFrederick Chapman (father)
Henry Samuel Chapman (grandfather)
Martin Chapman (uncle)
Langer Owen (brother-in-law)

Biography edit

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]

Personal life edit

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]

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Eichelbaum, Vera". Find New Zealand Artists. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Eichelbaum, Clara Vera, 1885–1953". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Platts, Una (1980). "Chapman, Vera (Clara Vera) (Mrs Vera Eichelbaum) 1885–1953". Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 64. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ The Turnbull Library Record. Friends of the Turnbull Library. 1994.
  5. ^ a b c McGahey, Kate (2000). The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists. Wellington: Gilt Edge. p. 42.
  6. ^ "Papers of Clara Eichelbaum". National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1885. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ Spiller, Peter. "Chapman, Frederick Revans". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Births". Otago Witness. No. 1754. 4 July 1885. p. 17. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ^ Spiller 1992, p. 8.
  10. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". Vol. XXVIII, no. 9336. 28 December 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  11. ^ "Otago Art Society. Thirty-sixth Exhibition. The Oil Paintings". Evening Star. No. 15035. 18 November 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  12. ^ "Otago Art Society. Fine Exhibition of Sketches". Otago Daily Times. No. 15788. 12 June 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ^ Sixth exhibition (PDF). South Canterbury Art Society. October 1913. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  14. ^ "The Art Society. The Pictures". The Press. Vol. XLIX, no. 14636. 10 April 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  15. ^ Chryssa (13 October 1914). "For Women Folk. Women and the Arts". Star. No. 11207. p. 7. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  16. ^ Crewes, John (16 June 1913). "Zoo Notes. Watchful Mothers. The Picture Competition". The Dominion. Vol. 6, no. 1777. p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  17. ^ "Fine Arts Academy of New Zealand. The Oils-II". The Dominion. Vol. 7, no. 1877. 10 October 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  18. ^ "Fine Arts Academy of New Zealand. The Water-Colours". The Dominion. Vol. 7, no. 1879. 13 October 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  19. ^ a b "N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts. Notes on the Exhibits". The Dominion. Vol. 12, no. 19. 17 October 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  20. ^ a b "Academy of Arts. Another Look Round. Water-Colour Section". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIII, no. 10100. 14 October 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  21. ^ Spiller 1992, p. 216.
  22. ^ "Table talk". Otago Witness. No. 3214. 20 October 1915. p. 66. Retrieved 8 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  23. ^ "Siegfried Eichelbaum 1884–1952". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  24. ^ de la Mare, F.A. (1957). "Siegfried Eichelbaum". The Spike: Victoria College Review. p. 33. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  25. ^ Kay, Robin; Eden, Tony (1983). Portrait of a Century. Wellington: Millwood Press. p. 209.
  26. ^ "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 22 September 1953. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Details: Eichelbaum, Clara Vera". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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