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Conrad Wise Chapman
Conrad Wise Chapman

Conrad Wise Chapman

American, 1842-1910
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Conrad Wise Chapman was an American painter who served in the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1865.

Conrad Wise Chapman was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Europe where his father, John Gadsby Chapman, was working as an artist.

In 1861, Chapman returned to America and enlisted in Company D, Third Kentucky Infantry, Confederate. He was wounded in Shiloh along with seeing action in Mississippi and Louisiana, before a transfer to the 46th Virginia Infantry at the request of his father to Henry Alexander Wise. Over the next 10 months, he also served with the 59th Virginia Infantry, known as the Wise Legion or Wise Brigade, with both the 46th and 59th at Chaffin's Farm on the James River in Henrico County.

In September 1863, the Wise Brigade was ordered south to take part in the defence of Charleston, South Carolina. Chapman was commissioned to create thirty one paintings of the city's defenses by Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, chief of staff to commanding Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. This was part of a campaign by Beauregard to increase support for his ideas about the defense of the harbor in the Confederate government. Chapman served in the city from early September 1863 to March 1864. He intended to paint the entire series in Charleston, but having received word of his mother's illness, Chapman was granted furlough in April 1864 and left for Rome, Italy to visit his family. It is there that he painted 25 works—with five also done by his father—from sketches he made in Charleston.

Chapman created art while he was on active duty during the war. While there were several artists on the Union side who captured the war in painting, who were also active, this was not the case on the Confederate side. His works may be the only set of battle subjects painted by a Confederate artist during the war.

After the end of the American Civil War, unable to reconcile to the Confederacy's loss, Chapman traveled to Mexico where he painted a series of views of the Valley of Mexico. He also spent time in France and England. In 1898, his entire collection of paintings went on view at the Union League Club in New York, where they attracted attention, but no buyers. He then moved his family to Richmond where the following year he sold 31 paintings to then Confederate Memorial Literary Society, which later became the Museum of the Confederacy and is now the American Civil War Museum.

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A Day At The Beach

A Day At The Beach (1878)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
Trouville

Trouville (1878)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
Paisaje Del Valle De México Con El Lago De Texcoco

Paisaje Del Valle De México Con El Lago De Texcoco

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
The Family Dog

The Family Dog (1860)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Animals
Camp No. 2, Terrenos Baldios

Camp No. 2, Terrenos Baldios (1860)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
City of Mexico from the Hacienda de los Morales

City of Mexico from the Hacienda de los Morales (1899)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
View of Bishop’s Palace Near Monterrey

View of Bishop’s Palace Near Monterrey (1865)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
The Valley of Mexico, the Two Volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl Beyond

The Valley of Mexico, the Two Volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl Beyond (1871)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape
The Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico (1871)

Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910)
Landscape

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