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A Shower of Ashes Upon Ottaviano

April 14, 1906
Pastel on gray-blue laid paper, mounted to board
Image: 10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.4 cm) Mounting board: 18 1/2 x 16 3/8 in. (47 x 41.6 cm) Framed: 21 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (54.9 x 47.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Best known for the more highly finished technique of his oils, Charles Caryl Coleman here employed the spontaneous medium of pastel to record the aftermath of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, not far from the artist’s home on the island of Capri, in Italy. Coleman’s depiction of the event closely resembles period photographs of the climax of...
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Apple Blossoms

1889
oil on canvas
62 3/8 x 35 in. (158.4 x 88.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

notes
Coleman's large collection (some of which he sold to Henry G. Marquand, who purchased them on behalf of the Metropolitan in the early 1890s). Thus both "Apple Blossoms" and its creator reflect the keen enthusiasm for collecting that was at the heart of the founding and early history of the Museum.
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Casamicciola As Seen from the Island of Ischia

1904
Pastel on gray-blue woven paper mounted overall to an acidic, 2-ply board
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (30.8 x 46.4 cm) Image: 9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in. (24.9 x 37.1 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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North Wind from Villa Narcissus, Capri

February 1905
Pastel and colored pencil or crayon on laid paper mounted overall to gray 1/8" paperboard
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (31.1 x 46.7 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Still Life with Azaleas and Apple Blossoms

1878
oil on canvas
180.3 x 62.9 cm (71 x 24.75 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

notes
"Still Life with Azaleas and Apple Blossoms" demonstrates the influence of the Aesthetic Movement on American painting and decorative arts. The movement originated in Britain in the 1870s and 1880s as a reaction against the Industrial Revolution and mass-production. It was characterized by a belief in the spiritual and moral power of beauty and by a...
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The Bronze Horses of San Marco, Venice

1876
oil on canvas
40 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (102.24 x 82.55 cm)

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis, MN

notes
American by birth, Charles Caryl Coleman settled permanently in Italy in 1866, establishing his studio on the Via Margutta in Rome. He often traveled to Venice during the summer where he studied the works of the old masters. The unusual perspective of this composition offers a view of the bronze horses on the porch of the Basilica of San Marco. The...
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The Garden of the Villa Castello, Capri

1906
oil on canvas
37 x 24 in. (94.0 x 61.0 cm) Framed: 51 1/4 x 38 x 3 1/2 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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The Olive Oil Press, Capri

1911-1912
oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 20 9/16 in. (69.2 x 52.2 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Vesuvius from Pompeii

1906
Pastel over graphite pencil on woven paper fully mounted to a heavy paperboard support
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (41.9 x 61.6cm) Frame: 23 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 3/4 in. (59.7 x 74.9 x 1.9 cm)

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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View of Vesuvius: Effect 11:25 A.M.

December 21, 1913
Pastel on grey-blue, medium weight, modereately textured woven paper mounted overall to pulpboard
24 3/16 x 17 15/16 in. (61.4 x 45.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Charles Coleman regularly depicted Mount Vesuvius from the window of his villa on Capri, Italy, where he settled in 1885. His pictures of the dramatic profile of, and variable atmospheric effects around, this landmark evoke images of Mount Fuji that proliferate in Japanese art.
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