Vera Chapman (New Zealand artist)

Clara Vera Eichelbaum (née Chapman; 28 June 1885 – 21 September 1953) was a New Zealand artist 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(s)
Siegfried Eichelbaum
​
(
m. 1915; died 1952)
RelativesFrederick Chapman (father)
Henry Samuel Chapman (grandfather)
Martin Chapman (uncle)

Biography

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

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
  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. 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. 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 (1754). 4 July 1885. p. 17. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. Spiller 1992, p. 8.
  10. "Poverty Bay Herald". Poverty Bay Herald. XXVIII (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 (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 (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. XLIX (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 (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. 6 (1777). p. 3. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  17. "Fine Arts Academy of New Zealand. The Oils-II". The Dominion. 7 (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. 7 (1879). 13 October 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  19. "N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts. Notes on the Exhibits". The Dominion. 12 (19). 17 October 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  20. "Academy of Arts. Another Look Round. Water-Colour Section". New Zealand Times. XLIII (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 (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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References
  • Spiller, Peter (1992). The Chapman Legal Family. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Retrieved 7 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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