Thomas Evans Chapman b. c.1789

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, art teacher, lithographer and public servant in Hobart, Tasmania. Chapman was not only one of early Tasmania's most prolific, competent and detailed sketchers but since he labelled, dated and signed virtually everything his work offers 'a wonderfully valuable record of the past'.
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Name
Thomas Evans Chapman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Public servant (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
Birth date
c.1789
Death date
30 September 1864
Death place
Hobart Town, Tas.
Active Period
  • c.1837 - c.1864
Arrival
  • 31 December 1834 (Arrived at Hobart Town (Hobart) on board the 'Britomart'.)
Residence
  • 31 December 1834 - 1864 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Allport, H. (1966), 'Thomas Evans Chapman', Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Kolenberg, H.; and Kolenberg, J. (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision', Hobart, Tas : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', Melbourne, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition).>, <ExternalResource: Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (Facsimile reprint 1980), 2 vols.>, <ExternalResource: Allport, H. (1931), 'Early Art in Tasmania', Hobart, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: Craig, C. (1961), 'Engravers of Van Diemen's Land', Launceston, Tas.>, <ExternalResource: (1840), Hobart Town Courier, 07-14.>]