Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Museums page for John Gadsby Chapman ((1808 - 1889)), known for Sea-landscape, portrait, genre and history painting. Showing 18 museum collections and exhibitions.
John Gadsby Chapman MUSEUMS
1808 Alexandria, Virginia - 1889 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Sea-landscape, portrait, genre and history painting.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, John Gadsby Chapman was a highly productive painter, illustrator, and engraver*, living primarily as an expatriate* in Italy. He was a student of Charles Bird King in... Read full biography
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, John Gadsby Chapman was a highly productive painter, illustrator, and engraver*, living primarily as an expatriate* in Italy. He was a student of Charles Bird King in Washington DC, worked briefly as a professional artist in Winchester, Virginia, and was enrolled in... Read full biography
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, John Gadsby Chapman was a highly productive painter, illustrator, and engraver*, living primarily as an expatriate* in Italy. He was a student of Charles Bird King in Washington DC, worked briefly as a professional artist in Winchester, Virginia, and was enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* in Philadelphia. However, as a young man, he left for Italy, studying in Rome and Florence, and returning to America in 1831. In the U.S., he became a... Read full biography
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, John Gadsby Chapman was a highly productive painter, illustrator, and engraver*, living primarily as an expatriate* in Italy. He was a student of Charles Bird King in Washington DC, worked briefly as a professional artist in Winchester, Virginia, and was enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* in Philadelphia. However, as a young man, he left for Italy, studying in Rome and Florence, and returning to America in 1831. In the U.S., he became a reputable portrait and history painter, living between New York and Washington D.C. One of his best known works is a large, highly colorful mural, The Baptism of Pocahontas, which is in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, and which brought him great renown for... Read full biography
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, John Gadsby Chapman was a highly productive painter, illustrator, and engraver*, living primarily as an expatriate* in Italy. He was a student of Charles Bird King in Washington DC, worked briefly as a professional artist in Winchester, Virginia, and was enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* in Philadelphia. However, as a young man, he left for Italy, studying in Rome and Florence, and returning to America in 1831. In the U.S., he became a reputable portrait and history painter, living between New York and Washington D.C. One of his best known works is a large, highly colorful mural, The Baptism of Pocahontas, which is in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, and which brought him great renown for its placement in such a distinguished location. The work is described as "though lacking in monumentality, it is... Read full biography
John Gadsby Chapman - Artist Info
About John Gadsby Chapman: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsBoston Athenaeum
10 1/2 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC)
428 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
P.O. Box 7311
Richmond, VA 23221-0311Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271