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Samuel Colman, N.A. (1832 - 1920)

Woodland Falls, Small Very Fine Pencil Drawings, signed lower right

A leading painter of the second generation of Hudson River artists, Colman kept a studio in New York City and a home at irvington-on-Hudson. Born in Portland, Maine, he studied in New York with Asher Durand and in Europe during the 1860's and 1870's. A member of the National Academy, he was founder and first president of the American Watercolor Society. He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Art Club, the Brooklyn Art Association, the Pennsylvania Academy, and many more.