Alfred Benjamin Coleman b. 1885

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
Alfred Benjamin Coleman (1885-1948) was a Victorian painter of landscapes and seascapes, active also in local art societies. He began his working life in the family furniture business, but pursued his painting career from the early 1930s up until his death, producing appealing depictions of the local landscape, albeit in a conservative style derived from artists such Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts.
Tags: furniture designer, furniture maker, landscape painter, seascape painter

Citations

  • “Paintings by Alfred Coleman.” memorial exhibition of his work with resume, The Age, 20 July 1950, p.2

  • Kerry Heckenberg, “A penchant for picture making’: Alfred Coleman and his watercolour sketches.” Fryer folios, 2013.

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