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Samuel Colman
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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SAMUEL COLMAN (1832-), American landscape painter, was born at Portland, Maine, on the 4th of March 183 2. He was a pupil of Ashur B. Durand in New York, and in1860-1862studied in Spain, Italy, France and England. In1871-1876he was again in Europe. In 1860, with James D. Smilie, he founded the American Water Color Society, and became its first president (1866-1867), his own water-colour paintings being particularly fine. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1862. Among his works are "The Ships of the Western Plains," in the Union League Club, New York; and "The Spanish Peaks, Colorado," in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Samuel Colman'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/samuel-colman.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Samuel Colman'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/samuel-colman.html. 1910.
