Vera Chapman (New Zealand artist)

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)

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]

  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.