Charles Shepard Chapman was active/lived in New Jersey, New York, he is known for illustration, landscape and genre painting. Scene depicting an intimate and delicate rendering of a mother holding her child. Watercolor and gouache. Born in Morristown, New York, Charles Chapman was a noted teacher, painter, and illustrator who, although he often claimed he was self-taught, was educated at Pratt Institute, and in 1899 at William Merritt Chase's New York School of Art in New York City. He was highly influenced by the famed western artist Frederic Remington. One of his techniques he described was painting with "Water-Oils", where he floated oil paint on water on paper, and then laid paper over the floating design, which left an abstract affect. Sight Size: 9.5 x 12 in. Overall Size: 16.5 x 19.25 in. This item is framed behind glass.