Artist

Charles Codman

born Portland, ME 1800-died Portland, ME 1842
Born
Portland, Maine, United States
Died
Portland, Maine, United States
Biography

Charles Codman apprenticed to the Boston painter John Ritto Penniman, whose work also appears in this collection. In the 1820s, Codman established a studio in Portland, Maine, where he created military standards, signs, and Masonic aprons. Critics encouraged him to paint landscapes, and he created many images of the Maine countryside. Codman exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum for several years and, through advertisements, invited “Ladies . . . Gentlemen . . . and Strangers” to visit his home and see his work. (Sloat, ed., Charles Codman: The Landscape of Art and Culture in 19th-century Maine, 2002)

Works by this artist (1036 items)

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William H. Johnson, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1935-1938, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.814
Portrait of a Man
Artist
Dateca. 1935-1938
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, Breakdown with Flat Tire, ca. 1940-1941, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.587
Breakdown with Flat Tire
Artist
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, Young Pastry Cook, ca. 1928-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.693
Young Pastry Cook
Artist
Dateca. 1928-1930
oil on canvas
On view
William H. Johnson, Little Sweet, 1944, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.1076
Little Sweet
Artist
Date1944
oil on paperboard
On view