Background
She was born in Waterville, New York in 1833.
She was born in Waterville, New York in 1833.
Coman studied in New York with James Renwick Brevoort and in Paris with Harry Thompson and Émile Louis Vernier.
She lived and worked in New York City. She died in Yonkers, New York in 1924. Coman did not take up painting until she was in her mid 40s.
"She was influenced by the French Barbizon painters and her popular works were compared to those of Corot".
A portrait of her by Helen Watson Phelps is in the collection of the National Academy of Design. Clearing Office, n.d., oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Early Summer, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Barnyard, oil on canvas, Arnot Art Museum.
She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.