Landscape
Charles CODMAN
(American, 1800-1842)
Landscape
Date1833
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 x 37 in. (61.3 x 94 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Dr. Ronald M. Lawrence
Object number1965.66
Subject(s)
- forests
- mountain
Collection
- 19th century American
- American
Sub-Collection(s)
- American
On View
On viewLabel TextCodman lived and worked in Portland and was one of the first landscape specialists to focus on the topography of Maine. American audiences were fascinated by the untouched regions of the country, even as primordial forests were giving way to cultivation, as indicated by the tiny figures included here. Initially trained as a painter of commercial signs, Codman’s talent was recognized by the art critic John Neal in 1828, who encouraged him to take up landscape painting. This led to his prosperous career as a landscape and marine specialist, who exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and the National Academy of Design in New York.
Charles Émile JACQUE
