Charlotte B. Coman

Charlotte Buell Coman
Born	1833[1] Waterville, New York, United States[1]
Died	1924 (aged 90–91)[1] Yonkers, New York, United States[1]
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Style	Landscape art

Charlotte Buell Coman (1833 – November 11, 1924) was an American painter.

She was born in Waterville, New York in 1833. She lived and worked in New York City. She died in Yonkers, New York in 1924.^[1] Coman did not take up painting until she was in her mid 40s. Coman studied in New York with James Renwick Brevoort and in Paris with Harry Thompson and Émile Louis Vernier. "She was influenced by the French Barbizon painters and her popular works were compared to those of Corot".^[2]

She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.^[3] A portrait of her by Helen Watson Phelps is in the collection of the National Academy of Design.^[4]

Notable collections

• Clearing Off, n.d., oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art^[5]
• Early Summer, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum^[6]
• Barnyard, oil on canvas, Arnot Art Museum^[7]

References

1. "Charlotte B. Coman". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
2. Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985
3. Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
4. David Bernard Dearinger; National Academy of Design (U.S.) (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
5. "Clearing Off". The Collection Online. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
6. "Early Summer". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
7. "Barnyard, (painting).". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 17 December 2015.