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for Charlotte Buell Coman
American, 1834 - 1924
Among the leading women painters at the turn of the century, Charlotte Buell Coman was born in Waterville, New York, where her father owned a tannery and shoe factory. Coman's hearing became seriously impaired during her youth. She married early and traveled with her husband to Iowa City to live the life of a frontier wife. After his death, Coman returned to the East, where she began the study of art. Her first instruction was with the landscape painter James Brevoort.
Coman pursued her training in Paris, where she remained for six years studying under the English painter Harry Thompson and later Emile Vernier. She made frequent sketching trips to the country of France and Holland, mastering plein airist techniques. Under the influence of Jean-Baptiste Corot and Charles Francois Daubigny, Coman began to emphasize light and atmosphere in her landscapes.
After she returned to the United States permanently in the early 1880s, Coman established a New York studio, becoming friendly with George Inness and Alexander Wyant. Although Coman executed a series still lifes, and also executed Dutch views in her early career, her American landscapes became famous for their misty blue tones. Beginning in 1887, Coman's scenes were based on her summer visits to the Adirondacks and winter in New Jersey and Saint Augustine, Florida.
Coman remained active well into her eighties. Following her death in Yonkers, New York, she was praised by the Academy as being "held in much esteem by artists for the solid qualities of a talent informed by personality often by real distinction."
Coman pursued her training in Paris, where she remained for six years studying under the English painter Harry Thompson and later Emile Vernier. She made frequent sketching trips to the country of France and Holland, mastering plein airist techniques. Under the influence of Jean-Baptiste Corot and Charles Francois Daubigny, Coman began to emphasize light and atmosphere in her landscapes.
After she returned to the United States permanently in the early 1880s, Coman established a New York studio, becoming friendly with George Inness and Alexander Wyant. Although Coman executed a series still lifes, and also executed Dutch views in her early career, her American landscapes became famous for their misty blue tones. Beginning in 1887, Coman's scenes were based on her summer visits to the Adirondacks and winter in New Jersey and Saint Augustine, Florida.
Coman remained active well into her eighties. Following her death in Yonkers, New York, she was praised by the Academy as being "held in much esteem by artists for the solid qualities of a talent informed by personality often by real distinction."
