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Evelyn Chapman
Biography
Evelyn Chapman studied with Dattilo Rubbo in Sydney and travelled overseas to paint in Paris, where she exhibited at the Salon.
1 portrait in the collection
Evelyn Chapman
Self portrait, 1911
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Pamela Thalben-Ball 2007
Greg Weight
Gaye Chapman, 2003
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Evelyn Kirwan
Kevin Gilbert, 1972
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
![A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]](/files/d/4/8/0/i13476-sl.jpg "A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]")
![A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]](/files/d/4/8/0/i13476-ths.jpg "A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt]")
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times
A Police Magistrate [Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt], 1874
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Joe Greenberg
Andrew Hay of Chapman Hay,
Portrait, watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
John Chapman
Admiral Bligh, 1801
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
John Chapman
George Barrington, 1820
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Lovers of light
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008
Dr Sarah Engledow traces the significant links between Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo and Evelyn Chapman through their portraits.
John Chapman
Biography
Little is known of John Chapman, who engraved fine allegorical subjects after the designs of J Smith and Richard Corbould and worked closely with Thomas Macklin on his Shakespeare series.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Christopher Chapman
Biography
After almost 12 years, Dr Christopher Chapman departed as Senior Curator in 2019.
Michael Riley
Delores, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Witzel Studios
Sylvia Breamer, c. 1920
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
an unknown artist
Sylvia Breamer, c. 1917-1919
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Follow curator Chris Chapman on Instagram
General content
Dr. Chris Chapman's Instagram account is inspiration for the exhibition Tough & Tender.
Barak, respected elder
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.