Charles Coleman (English painter)
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Charles Coleman, etching of transhumant shepherds in the campagna romana, showing sheep, a working dog of Pastore Maremmano-Abruzzese type, horses of Maremmano type and a conical capanna or lestra; from A Series of Subjects peculiar to the Campagna of Rome and Pontine Marshes (1850) | |
| Born |
Charles Coleman c. 1807 Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| Died |
1874 Rome |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Campagna Romana, Agro Pontino |
| Movement | Campagna Romana school |
| Spouse(s) | Fortunata Segadori |
Charles Coleman (c. 1807 – 1874) was a British landscape and animal painter, born in Pontefract, in Yorkshire, England.
Life
Coleman first went to Rome in 1831,[1] to study the paintings of Michelangelo and Raphael.[2] He became permanently resident there in 1835,[3] and on 21 June 1836 married Fortunata Segadori (or Segatori) from Subiaco, who, along with Vittoria Caldoni of Albano, was one of the most famous Roman models of the time.[4] Segadori had sat for August Riedel;[5] a portrait of her by Johann Heinrich Richter is in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. The couple had eight children; their son Enrico Coleman (1846–1911), was also a landscape painter, in oils and watercolour, as was the younger and less well-known Francesco Coleman. The Colemans' first address was 25 via Zucchelli.[4] In 1869 the family moved to 16 via Zucchelli, and for the first time Coleman set up a separate studio, at 33 via Margutta, possibly with the intention of providing space for his two painter sons.[3][4]
Works
Four of Charles Coleman's paintings, dated from 1845 to 1847 and all featuring buffaloes, are listed in the catalogue of the collection of Beriah Botfield.[6] From 1848 to 1850 he made etchings of scenes and animals in the Campagna Romana, and these were published in 1850.[7] He was dismissive of academic teaching, believing that observation from nature was the best education for an artist.[8] He exhibited five times at the Royal Academy of London, for the last time in 1869.[4]
Coleman remained largely unknown in his native country but became a major influence on the Italian landscape painter Nino Costa, whom he met in the Campagna in the early 1850s.[9] Coleman was considered the founder of the "Campagna Romana" school of painting in Italy.[8]
Charles Coleman died in Rome in 1874.[10]
Published works
- A Series of Subjects peculiar to the Campagna of Rome and Pontine Marshes, designed from nature and etched by C. Coleman Rome: [s.n.] 1850
References
- ↑ Tempesta, C. ([n.d.]) 'COLEMAN, Enrico (Henry)' in Dizionario Biografico - Treccani (in Italian) Accessed September 2011.
- ↑ Quintieri, Riccardo (1901) La Rassegna internazionale della letteratura e dell'arte contemporanea, volumes 6–7 (in Italian) Firenze: Libreria Fratelli Bocca pp.14–16 "The international review of literature and contemporary art"
- 1 2 Sisi, Carlo (2003) La pittura di paesaggio in Italia: L'Ottocento (in Italian) Milano: Electa ISBN 978-88-435-5746-2 p. 151 "Landscape painting in Italy: the nineteenth century"
- 1 2 3 4 De Rosa, Pier Andrea, Paolo Emilio Trastulli (2001) La campagna romana da Hackert a Balla (in Italian) Rome: Studio Ottocento for Museo del Corso ISBN 978-88-8016-478-4 p. 247 "The Campagna Romana from Hackert to Balla"
- ↑ Protonotari, Francesco (ed.) (1907) Nuova antologia, Volume 214 (in Italian) Roma: Nuova Antologia p. 490 "New anthology"
- ↑ Botfield, Beriah (1848) Catalogue of pictures in the possession of Beriah Botfield, Esq., at Norton Hall London: [William Nicols] p.11
- ↑ Coleman, Charles (1850) A Series of Subjects peculiar to the Campagna of Rome and Pontine Marshes, designed from nature and etched by C. Coleman Rome: [s.n.]
- 1 2 Pieri, Giuliana (2007) The influence of pre-Raphaelitism on fin de siècle Italy London: Maney Publications for the Modern Humanities Research Association ISBN 978-1-904350-44-6 pp. 87–8
- ↑ Agresti, Olivia Rossetti (1907) Giovanni Costa, his life, work, and times 2nd edition London: Gay & Bird, pp. 56–58 (1st: London: Grant Richards 1904)
- ↑ Enrico Coleman in Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian) Accessed September 2011.