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Vera Eichelbaum

1885 – 1953

New Zealand artist

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Lived 1885 – 1953 (aged 68). Vera Eichelbaum was a New Zealand painter.

Clara Vera Eichelbaum (née Chapman; 28 June 1885 – 21 September 1953) was a New Zealand painter who exhibited as Vera Chapman and Vera Eichelbaum. 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. Her papers are held in the permanent collection of the National Library of New Zealand.

Biography Chapman was born in Dunedin on 28 June 1885 to Clara Jane Chapman (née Cook) and Frederick Revans Chapman. She was the second of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. Chapman attended private schools in Dunedin, including Overn Lodge, until the family moved to Wellington due to her father's transfer to the capital. the South Canterbury Art Society, the Canterbury Society of Arts and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Following her marriage, she exhibited under the name Vera Eichelbaum. Her last exhibition was in 1929. She died at her home in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon on 21 September 1953, and her ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington.

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Vera Chapman, Clara Vera Chapman, Clara Vera Eichelbaum, C V Eichelbaum, Mrs Siegfried Eichelbaum

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Who was Vera Eichelbaum?

New Zealand artist (1885-1953)

When was Vera Eichelbaum born?

Vera Eichelbaum was born on 28 June 1885 in Dunedin.

When did Vera Eichelbaum die?

Vera Eichelbaum died on 21 September 1953 in Wellington.

What was Vera Eichelbaum's occupation?

Vera Eichelbaum was a painter.

What nationality was Vera Eichelbaum?

Vera Eichelbaum was New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vera Eichelbaum

· Wikidata: Q64827156

· DBpedia: Vera Chapman (New Zealand artist)

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