Hugo Chapman

Assistant Keeper

Italian drawings from c. 1400 to c. 1800

Department: Prints and Drawings

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8608
Email: hchapman @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Hugo Chapman joined the department of Prints and Drawings in 1995 after a decade in the Old Master Drawings Department of a London auction house. Previously he studied art history at London University.

His responsibilities are the physical care, namely loans and storage, of the drawings under his care and to field all queries regarding them. The majority of his time is spent working on the Merlin database with the aim of providing an accurate, succinct catalogue entry of each work in his field (more than 6,500). There is much to be done to achieve this but the existing records are already a formidable aid to researching and studying the collection. Hugo plans to publish a scholarly catalogue of the Museum’s Venetian sixteenth century drawings.

He has recently curated an exhibition on Michelangelo drawings and is working on a show on 15thc Italian drawings, scheduled for 2010.

Current British Museum projects

Organising a show of Italian XVc drawings for Gallery 5

Previous British Museum projects

Curator of ‘Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master'

External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies

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Publications

H. Chapman, Paduain the 1450s, Marco Zoppo and his Contemporaries (British Museum Press, 1998 ) (British Museum exhibition catalogue)

H. Chapman,), Correggio and Parmigianino, Master Draughtsmen of the Renaissance, with C. Bambach, M. Clayton, G, Goldner, (British Museum Press, 2000-1) (British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York exhibition catalogue)

H. Chapman, Raphael from Urbino to Rome, with C. Plazzotta, T. Henry, (National Gallery Company, London, 2004) (National Gallery exhibition catalogue)

H. Chapman, Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master (British Museum Press, 2005) (British Museum exhibition catalogue)

H. Chapman, Michelangelo (British Museum Press, 2006)