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Carlton Chapman







Carlton Chapman

Carlton Chapman, American (1860-1925).



Carlton Chapman was born and raised in Ohio. As a boy he spent summers in his uncle's shipyard
in Maine. He moved to New York and studied at the Art Student's League and at the National Academy.
He also gained experience at the Academie Julian in Paris, the South Kensingston Museum, and the
National Gallery in London. Chapman was a student of marine architecture, and many of his paintings
were done with the sea in mind.

Chapman received many awards and commendations for his paintings. Among his awards was a Silver Medal
presented at Boston, 1892. Bronze Medals at The World's Colombian Exposition at Chicago, 1893; Atlanta
Exposition, 1894; Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, 1901 and Charleston Exposition in 1902. He was
a Member of the Jury of Selection for the United States Section, Department of Art, and also of the
International Jury of Award for the Universal Exposition in St. Louis, 1904. He was an Associate of
the National Academy, member of the American Water Color Society, the New York Water Color Club, New York
Etching Club, Artists' Fund Society and the Century Association.

His last exhibition (posthumously) was at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1925. In addition to the paintings
held by the US Naval Academy, Chapman's paintings are included in the museum collections of the Peabody
Essex Museum, Salem, MA, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, New York Historical Society, NY, NY,
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, the de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, and the Slater Memorial
Museum, Norwich, CT. Of particulara historical interest, J. Pierpont Morgan of New York City bought
several of Chapman's paintings for his personal collection.



"Autumn Afternoon"
Signed lower left.
Oil on canvas. 20" x 24"

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