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1887 Springfield, Ohio - 1932 Long Island, New York. Known for: City scenes and architecture painting, lithographs.
Glenn Coleman's life and art demonstrate the difficulties that often seem to adhere to the artist's calling. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1887, living until only the age of 45, dying on Long... Read full biography
Glenn Coleman's life and art demonstrate the difficulties that often seem to adhere to the artist's calling. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1887, living until only the age of 45, dying on Long Island, New York in 1932 after a period of financial struggle and changing art tastes that effected... Read full biography
Glenn Coleman's life and art demonstrate the difficulties that often seem to adhere to the artist's calling. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1887, living until only the age of 45, dying on Long Island, New York in 1932 after a period of financial struggle and changing art tastes that effected both his style and subject matter, as well as the response to his art. Coleman had a talent for drawing, which earned him a position as an apprentice artist for an Indianapolis newspaper while still a... Read full biography
Glenn Coleman's life and art demonstrate the difficulties that often seem to adhere to the artist's calling. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1887, living until only the age of 45, dying on Long Island, New York in 1932 after a period of financial struggle and changing art tastes that effected both his style and subject matter, as well as the response to his art. Coleman had a talent for drawing, which earned him a position as an apprentice artist for an Indianapolis newspaper while still a teenager. He went to New York City in 1905, where his life became a struggle to find time to paint while trying to survive by working at any job he could find, and studying for a short time with Ash Can artists Everett Shinn and Robert Henri. Glenn... Read full biography
Glenn Coleman's life and art demonstrate the difficulties that often seem to adhere to the artist's calling. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1887, living until only the age of 45, dying on Long Island, New York in 1932 after a period of financial struggle and changing art tastes that effected both his style and subject matter, as well as the response to his art. Coleman had a talent for drawing, which earned him a position as an apprentice artist for an Indianapolis newspaper while still a teenager. He went to New York City in 1905, where his life became a struggle to find time to paint while trying to survive by working at any job he could find, and studying for a short time with Ash Can artists Everett Shinn and Robert Henri. Glenn Coleman identified with the poor because he was one of them. Because of this struggle his and theirs he became interested in socialism,... Read full biography