Charles Codman (circa 1800-1842) was a landscape painter of Portland, Maine. His art is featured at the Portland Museum of Art as mature, fine early American landscape painting.
Codman was probably from Boston and was apprenticed to the ornamental painter, John Ritto Penniman. Codman began as a decorative painter and had no formal training but eventually produced mature works of romance and beauty. One of his more important commissions was to design and paint five fireboards (decorative panels placed over hearths during the summertime) in the landscape style, for the Portland mansion of shipbuilder James Deering. He also filled commissions for both portraiture and decorative arts.
Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor, Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor, August 12, 1829
Painting ID:: 71842
Entertainment_of_the_Boston_Rifle_Rangers_by_the_Portland_Rifle_Club_in_Portland_Harbor, Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor, August 12, 1829
Entertainment of the Boston Rifle Rangers by the Portland Rifle Club in Portland Harbor Date ca. 1830(1830)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 62.2 X 82.5 cm (24.49 X 32.48 in)
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Painting ID:: 73113
Entertainment_of_the_Boston_Rifle_Rangers_by_the_Portland_Rifle_Club_in_Portland_Harbor Date ca. 1830(1830)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 62.2 X 82.5 cm (24.49 X 32.48 in)
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Charles_Codman (circa 1800-1842) was a landscape painter of Portland, Maine. His art is featured at the Portland Museum of Art as mature, fine early American landscape painting.
Codman was probably from Boston and was apprenticed to the ornamental painter, John Ritto Penniman. Codman began as a decorative painter and had no formal training but eventually produced mature works of romance and beauty. One of his more important commissions was to design and paint five fireboards (decorative panels placed over hearths during the summertime) in the landscape style, for the Portland mansion of shipbuilder James Deering. He also filled commissions for both portraiture and decorative arts.