Overview
Codman was apprenticed to the ornamental painter, John Ritto Penniman. Codman began as a decorative painter and had no formal training. As such is classified as a limner artist. He eventually produced mature works of romance and beauty. One of his more important commissions was to design and paint five fireboards (decorative panels placed over hearths during the summertime) in the landscape style, for the Portland mansion of shipbuilder James Deering. He also filled commissions for both portraiture and decorative arts.
His work was "discovered" in 1828 by the contemporary art critic, John Neal (1793–1876).
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