1. Eileen Margaret Chapman was an English illustrator and painter.
14 Facts About Margaret Chapman
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Margaret Chapman's work was often reproduced as limited edition prints and sold in more than fifty countries.
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Margaret Chapman was married in 1965 and had four children.
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Margaret Chapman's great-uncle was Charles Lightoller, who was second officer of the RMS Titanic and a survivor of its sinking.
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Margaret Chapman introduced Lennon to JD Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye while they were students in Liverpool, where she was affectionately called 'Duckie'.
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Eileen Margaret Chapman Duxbury was born on 18 November 1940 at Durham Road, Darwen, Lancashire second child to parents Ethel Duxbury, a seamstress, and Alan Holt Duxbury, chief accountant for the North West Gas Board.
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Margaret Chapman was a gifted student, showing ability in maths and English as well as art.
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Margaret Chapman passed her 11-plus examination a year early and was enrolled at Cowley School in St Helens.
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Margaret Chapman was motivated to record something of the local Lancashire townscapes, which were undergoing big changes as a result of town planning.
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Margaret Chapman was attracted to the lifestyle of an earlier age, particularly the Edwardian period, respecting the strength of character and traditions of ordinary folk from that time, despite their privations.
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Margaret Chapman was meticulous in recording the period accurately in her work, in terms of the figures' clothing, billboards and buildings as these provided the rich content and context for which she became renowned.
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The Guardian newspaper famously headlining a London auction of Northern Artists with "Mrs Margaret Chapman Gives Lowry a run for his money".
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Margaret Chapman featured regularly on local and national TV, memorably on the BBC's The Succeeders in 1972, a series which featured Wigan Athletic FC owner Dave Whelan, on individuals who were at the height of their profession and likely to be so in the future.
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Margaret Chapman's paintings were regularly shown in national and international press.