Francesco Coleman (1851–1918) was an Italian painter. He was the son of the English painter
Charles Coleman and brother of the better-known Italian painter
Enrico Coleman
Enrico Coleman (21 or 25 June 1846 – 14 February 1911) was an Italian painter of British nationality. He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the less well-known Italian painter Francesco Coleman. He painted, in ...
. He was known as a painter, in oil and in water-colour, of the people and landscapes of the
Campagna Romana
The Roman Campagna () is a low-lying area surrounding Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, with an area of approximately .
It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the Tyrrhe ...
and the
Agro Pontino, and of
oriental subjects.
Life
Francesco Coleman was born in Rome on 23 July 1851. He was the sixth of eight children of the English painter Charles Coleman, who had come to Rome in 1831 and settled there permanently in 1835, and his wife Fortunata Segadori, a famous
artist's model from
Subiaco, whom he had married in 1836. He studied painting in his father's studio, and showed a particular aptitude for
water-colours. He shared this studio at via Margutta 33 with his father and brother throughout his life. He ceased all artistic activity after the death of Enrico in 1911.
He died on 9 January 1918 at his home in via Valenziani, near the
Porta Salaria
Porta Salaria was a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Constructed between 271 AD and 275 AD, it was finally demolished in 1921.
History
Porta Salaria was part of the Aurelian Walls built by emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, includ ...
. He was buried in the
Cimitero del Verano.
References
1851 births
1918 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
20th-century Italian painters
20th-century Italian male artists
Painters from Rome
Campagna Romana
Italian male painters
Italian landscape painters
Orientalist painters
19th-century Italian male artists
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