{{Short description|English visual artist (1911–1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}'''Max Balthazar Chapman''' (1911 – 1999) was an English visual artist. He was primarily a painter, but also made drawings, collages, and photographs.
Chapman attended Dulwich College, then the Byam Shaw Art School, 1927–30, where he was taught and befriended by Charles Ricketts. In 1931, Ricketts provided for Chapman to take "a scholarship to Italy and the European Grand Tour".<ref name=":0" /> He had his first solo exhibition at Storran Gallery, and then at Leger Gallery and Molton Gallery, all in London. Chapman was the long-time partner of writer Oswell Blakeston, with whom he collaborated on numerous books, for ''Arts Review'' and other publications.<ref>Frances Spalding, 20th Century Painters and Other Sculptors, Dictionary of British Art, vol.VI, (Antique Collectors Club, 1990)</ref>
According to his obituary in ''The Independent'', Chapman "showed widely, ranging from the established Royal Academy, London Group and Leicester Galleries to the more experimental Grabowski, Molton and New Vision Centre galleries, and abroad".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-07 |title=Obituary: Max Chapman {{!}} The Independent |website=Independent.co.uk |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-max-chapman-1129749.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035932/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-max-chapman-1129749.html |archive-date=7 January 2022 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Art UK bio}}
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