Identifier: historyofrisepro00dunl_3 (find matches)
Title: A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Dunlap, William, 1766-1839 Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932 Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950
Subjects: Artists Art
Publisher: Boston, C. E. Goodspeed & co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ge Cooke (now an artist in NewYork) married a connection of young Chapman; and to anearly acquaintance with him, Mr. Chapman attributes hisdevotedness to the arts. At the age of sixteen he made hisfirst attempt in oil painting. From C. B. King, Esq. heobtained some plaster casts and commenced his study ofdrawing. In 1827 Mr. Chapman became professionally a painter,leaving home with a determination to enable himself by hisart and industry to visit Italy. At Winchester, in Virginia,he commenced his career with success. In the autumn of1827 he went to Philadelphia, and studied from the casts inthe Pennsylvania Academy. He was denied the privilege of 1 Dunlap is in error in date of birth. It should be December 8, 1808. John Gadsby Chapman had a studio for several years at Washington, D. C, duringwhich period he painted The Baptism of Pocahontas, now in the rotunda of theNational Capitol. In 1848 he returned to Rome where he resided many years. He diedin Brooklyn, N. Y., November 28, 1889.
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JOHN GADSBY CHAPMAN1808 —1889From a lithograph by himself PICTURES BY CHAPMAN 245 painting in the building. By the aid of friends Mr. Chapmanwas enabled to visit Europe, passed a short time in Paris,then proceeded to Italy, and commenced his studies in theVatican. Here he met his friend Mr. Cooke. Copying fromthe old masters, and the study of the naked figure at theAcademy occupied the student. It was some time, Mr. Chap-man has said, before he could appreciate Raphael and Michael-angelo, but he became an enthusiast in his admiration. Before leaving Rome the young painter selected for thesubject of an original picture, Hagar and Ishmael fainting inthe wilderness, now in the possession of John Linton, ofNew Orleans. The figures of this picture were the size of life.It was engraved as the first representation of American art inthe Giornall di Belle arti, published at Rome, in November1830. In company with S. F. B. Morse, Esquire, Mr. Chapmanvisited much of the scenery about Rome and N

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