The Luminous Legacy of Samuel Coleman Jr. In the grand tapestry of American art, few threads shimmer with as much atmospheric grace as the works of Samuel Coleman Jr. (1832–1920). A master of light and landscape, Coleman emerged from a background steeped in the fine arts commerce of Portland, Maine. As the son of a bookseller, publisher, and dealer in fine engravings, his very upbringing was an immersion into visual culture and crafts…