Conrad Wise Chapman
Subtitle: artist & soldier of the Confederacy
By: Ben L. Bassham.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Chapman, Conrad Wise, 1842-1910.; Painters -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war.
Description: Conrad Wise Chapman (1842-1910) is unique among Civil War artists: he painted and sketched while on duty as a Confederate soldier and served in three theaters of the war. Chapman's firsthand knowledge is evident in his work. Ben Bassham has written both a critical study of Chapman's art and a biography, incorporating Chapman's correspondence and Civil War memoirs.

The historical importance of Chapman's paintings as a record of the Civil War cannot be overemphasized, but this study also places Chapman's art for the first time in the context of Southern as well as American art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and index.