Abram "Shamp" August Champanier (Shampanier)

Served in U.S. Army - Certificate dated May 6,1919, states "Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the fidelity and abilities of Private Abraham Shampanier #2744742 I do hereby appoint him Corporal Company 3, Convalescent Center of the Army of the United States, to rank as such from the sixth day of May one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. He is therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Corporal by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all noncommissioned Officers and Soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders as Corporal. And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as he shall receive from his Superior Officers and noncommissioned Officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline of War. Given under my hand at Camp Dix, NJ this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. signed Harry L. Twaddle, Major Inf. U.S.A.

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Champanier, Abram August 1899-

Who Was Who in American Art. Compiled from the original thirty-four volumes of "American Art Annual: Who's Who in Art, Biographies of American Artists Active from 1898-1947." Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1985. (WhAmArt 85)

WPA murals:

De Witt Clinton High School, W. Mosholu Parkway, and Paul Avenue

--Second floor lobby ceiling. Constellations portrays the constellations and zodiac signs (1934).

Abraham Shampanier, mural of constellations, WPA/FAP

Gouverneur State School (formerly Hospital), Dept. of Mental Hygiene, 621 Water Street, Ward One, West.

Abram Shampanier, about 10 panels: Alice in Wonderland, oil on canvas approx. 6' x 6' each, pre. apt 1935, fin. apt 1940, WPA/FAP

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

234 E. 149th Street, Abram Champanier

Alice in Wonderland at NYC, 1938

oil on canvas

Alice Flies Over the East River Bridges, Restoration of WPA Mural, 1990

Purchase of 48 Works of Art

Location: Cumberland Neighborhood Family Care Center, 39 Auburn Place, Brooklyn

Design/Sponsor Agency: Health and Hospitals Corporation

This project called for the conservation and relocation of a mural by Abraham Champanier from his Alice in Wonderland series entitled Alice Flies Over the East River Bridges. This fanciful mural depicts Alice and other Wonderland characters flying in an airplane over a grand city-scape and river. The work was undertaken by Alan M. Farancz Painting Conservation Studio, Inc.

Alice and Friends at Coney Island Playland, Restoration of WPA Mural, 1990

Coney Island Hospital Emergency Room, 2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn

Design/Sponsor Agency: Health and Hospitals Corporation

This project relocated and restored an important WPA mural by Abram Champanier at the Coney Island Hospital. The mural illustrates Alice and her friends frolicking in a topsy-turvey, amusement park world. The restoration of the mural was executed by Alan M. Farancz Painting Conservation Studio, Inc.