Background
Chapman, Walter Howard was born on December 7, 1912 in Toledo. Son of Ralph Martin and Lillian Minor (Seagrave) Chapman.
Chapman, Walter Howard was born on December 7, 1912 in Toledo. Son of Ralph Martin and Lillian Minor (Seagrave) Chapman.
Students League New York City, 1939.
Private study Cleveland School Art., 1930—1934, John Huntington Polytechnic, Cleveland, 1933, Art Students League New York City, 1939. Artist-in-residence Toledo Blade, 1937—1938. Private illustrator New York City, 1938—1939.
Artist-in-residence Jack Binder Studio, 1943—1944. Creative director Phillips Associates, Toledo, 1946—1979. Teacher Toledo Museum School Design, 1952—1960, since 1978, Chapman-Kohn Art Sems., Toledo and Columbus, 1978—1990.
Owner, operator Chapman Art Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio, since 1969. Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member of Toledo Federation Art Societies (president 1961), Northwest Ohio Watercolor Society 1968, Ohio Watercolor Society (board directors 1979), Allied Artists America, Illustrators Club Toledo (president 1964), Salmagundi Club (New York City), Toledo Advertising Club, Toledo Artists Club (board directors 1962-1964, 1985), Rotary Lodge (Toledo), Watercolor United States of America Honorary Society.
Married Marie Louise Repasz, August 29, 1943 (divorced November, 1962). Married Jean Clarice Sayre, January 29, 1963. Children: Anne Marie, Patricia Lee.