Charlotte Coman Oil Painting "Summer"

Item Details

Charlotte Coman (American; 1833 – 1924)
Summer, early 20th century
Oil painting on paperboard
Signed to the lower left
Inscription present to the verso

Charlotte Coman was best known for her Tonalist landscape paintings. She was instrumental in bringing the Barbizon School tradition of painting to America. She had somewhat of a late start to her artistic career, marrying early and becoming a pioneer housewife in Iowa. Her husband died several years later, and her life became further complicated when she became deaf soon after. She resolved not to lead an idle life, and at age 40 dedicated her life to pursuing her artistic endeavors. Her first teacher was James Brevoort in New York City, and she continued her studies for the next decade in Paris and Holland. Her work was greatly influenced by the Barbizon painters, but eventually, after returning to New York permanently, she became more interested in the American landscape and Tonalist aesthetic. Her work received a great deal of acclaim in the early 20th century, but she always signed her name ‘C. B. Coman’, aware of sexist male jurors and critics. She continued to make art almost until her death, at age 89.

Coman’s works are represented in the collections of numerous prestigious institutions, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian, Arnot Art Museum, and Whistler House Museum of Art, among others.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame; dust and accretions present to painting; curving to paperboard; surface wear present to painting.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 9.25" W x 7.5" H.

Item #

ITMG431204