Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
CHAPMAN, W. Ernest d.1945
CHAPMAN, W. Ernest d.1945
Born in New Zealand. Listed as Featherston artist 1880–81 Wise's. Studied at Canterbury School of Art and exhibited ASA 1884 as Canterbury student, winning a bronze medal, and with the CSA 1887–91. Went to Europe and studied in Paris, exhibiting at Paris Salon; spent his later life in New York. His watercolours of New Zealand scenes date from 1874. Work included in Centennial Ex, Wtn 1940, Canterbury Retrospective Ex 1951. Represented: McDougall.