Minerva Josephine CHAPMAN
1858–1947, USA
Biography
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Minerva Josephine Chapman grew up in Chicago, was educated at Mount Holyoke College, then returned to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under Annie Shaw (1852-1887) and John H. Vanderpoel. By 1882, she was in Munich, then continued her studies at the Académie Julian in Paris.
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