Samuel Colman
Samuel Colman ( born March 4, 1832 in Portland, Maine, USA, † March 26, 1920 in New York City, New York ) was an American painter, interior designer and writer, known for his portraits of the Hudson River.
Curriculum vitae
Early Works
Born in Portland, Maine, Colman moved as a child with his family to New York City. His father opened a bookstore there and attracted a clientele formed, which may have influenced Colman's artistic development. It is believed that he studied briefly under the Hudson River painter Asher Brown Durand, and he exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design in 1850. By 1854 he had opened his own studio in New York City. The following year he was elected a member of the National Academy.
1850-1860
His landscapes in the 50s and 60s of the 19th century were influenced by the Hudson River School, as the picture " meadows and wildflowers in Conway " (1856 ) shows. It is now at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was also able to paint, in a romantic way that was more modern after the Civil War. One of his best known works and one of the iconic images of the Hudson River School art is his "Storm King on the Hudson " (1866 ), now in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC
Travels
Colman was a Reisenarr, and many of his works depicted scenes of foreign cities and the travels figuratively dar. He painted his first trip abroad to France and Spain and came back for an extensive four -year journey in 1870, where he spent much time in the Mediterranean locales. Colman often presented the architectural features depict, whom he met during his destinations: locks, bridges, aqueducts and arches feature prominently in his paintings the strange scenes. 1870 and 1880 he traveled to the western United States and western painted landscapes comparable in scope and style with those of Hudson River painter Thomas Moran.
In the postwar period, water color images were popular. Colman was one of the founders of the American Watercolor Society opened in 1866, and he became its first president from 1867 to 1871. Colman was also experienced in the middle of the etching. He was an early member of the New York Etching Club and it appeared popular etchings, which represented European scenes figuratively.
Other activities
Colman's artistic activities were not different in late life. In 1880, he largely worked as an interior designer and worked with his friend Luis Tiffany on the style of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known by his pen name Mark Twain ) together. He was also a major collector of Asian objects and wrote two books on geometry and art.
Colman died in 1920 in New York City.