Education
Born in London, Daplyn studied there at the Slade School of Fine Art, the National Academy in New York, under Jean-Léon Gérôme at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in Rome.
Born in London, Daplyn studied there at the Slade School of Fine Art, the National Academy in New York, under Jean-Léon Gérôme at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in Rome.
Daplyn migrated to Melbourne in 1881, later becoming secretary of the New South Wales Art Society when he moved to Sydney. The Society"s instructor in painting 1885-1892, Daplyn influenced Charles Conder, Sydney Long and Julian Ashton.