Background
He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the better-known Italian painter Enrico Coleman.
He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the better-known Italian painter Enrico Coleman.
He was known as a painter, in oil and in water-colour, of the people and landscapes of the Campagna Romana and Agro Pontino, and of oriental subjects. Francesco Coleman was born in Rome on 23 July 1851.