Charles Shepard Chapman | |
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Born | |
Died | December 15, 1962 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Education | Pratt Institute, Art Students' League, Chase School |
Known for | painting, drawing |
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]
Chapman was born in Morristown, New York.[2] He studied at the New York School of Art, under the mentor-ship of Walter Appleton Clark and William Merritt Chase.[3] He also studied at the Ogdensburg Free Academy and Pratt Institute, and taught at the Art Students League.[2]
Around 1910, Chapman moved to Leonia, New Jersey, where he maintained his home and studio[4] and ran a school teaching illustration for a few years with Harvey Dunn.[3] He was a teacher at the Art Students League school in Manhattan.[3] Chapman also taught at the University of Wyoming.[5] In the 1930s and 1940s, Chapman also taught art intermittently in his hometown of Morristown.[6]