Oil Painting on Board of a Picnic by Samuel Colman

Description

Antique American oil on board of a picnic by Samuel Colman (1832-1920) of New York. The scene shows a figure … more Antique American oil on board of a picnic by Samuel Colman (1832-1920) of New York. The scene shows a figure eating and drinking at a picnic, signed in the lower left corner, circa 1870. Colman traveled to France with L.C. Tiffany where he painted this picture. Colman started Tiffany Studios with L.C. Tiffany. [JROS 1161]

Dimensions: 12.5"H x 16.25"W x 2.25"D

This painting depicts a large gathering of family and friends at a picnic. The joyful child walking towards her mother warms the soul of the viewer.

Samuel Colman was an important painter of the second generation of Hudson River School artists. He was born in Portland, Maine in 1832 but was raised in New York City. His father, as an art book dealer and publisher, exposed his son to a world of fine art prints and a community of artists and writers. Among Samuel s first teachers was Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand. Under this gifted artist s guidance, Samuel made considerable strides in his painting and by the ag less