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| Samuel Colman
American 1832 -1920
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| Born: |
Portland Maine
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| Died: |
New York New York
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| Active: |
New York New York
France 1860-1862, 1871-1875
Italy 1860-1862, 1871-1875
Spain 1860-1862, 1871-1875
Morocco 1860-1862, 1871-1875
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| Addresses: |
Brooklyn New York (1856-1860)
New York New York 1870s
Hudson Valley New York 1870s
Newport Rhode Island 1919
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| Studied: |
New York City
Europe 1860-1862, 1871-1875
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| Instructors: |
Asher Brown Durand
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| Exhibited: |
Boston Athenaeum
Maryland Historical Society
Brooklyn Art Association 1861-1885
National Academy of Design 1862-1896
Boston Art Club 1873-1886
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1879
Art Institute of Chicago 1896, 1917
Parrish Art Museum 1984
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| Examples of Work: |
Art Institute of Chicago
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Academy of Design
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Vermont
Union League Club, New York City
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| Specialty: |
Painter
Etcher
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| Style/School: |
Hudson River School
White Mountains
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| Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes
Portraits
Figural
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design ANA 1854; NA 1862
New York Etching Club founder, 1877)
American Watercolor Society (founder; first president, 1866-71)
Society of American Artists
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Samuel Colman was born in Portland, Maine in 1832. His father was a fine-arts bookseller and publisher who moved to New York City while Samuel, Jr. was a boy. His store on Broadway became a center for artists and lit...
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Samuel Colman was one of the leading artists of the Hudson River School's second generation, creating luminous landscapes of near and distant lands. Born in Portland, Maine, and raised in New York City, Colman grew up in a fam...
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