Object of the Month

In this year-long series, Assistant Curator Ted Barrow presents original research and insights on a new object each month, selected from the Museum's robust permanent collection. Complementing this exhibition rotation, Barrow will give a public lecture and gallery talk focusing on the object on view.

May 2018

Born in Portland, Maine in 1832, Samuel Colman moved to New York at an early age, growing up in a literary and artistic environment fueled by his father’s business as a book dealer. His uncle sold art supplies, and it was likely through his family that Colman met Asher B. Durand, under whom he studied painting. At age 22, Colman was elected as an associate member of the National Academy of Design and was firmly established as one of the foremost second-generation Hudson River School painters.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.