Alfonso Toft (Birmingham 1866–1964), was a British landscape artist. He was the son of Charles Toft (1832–1901) and was born in the Birmingham suburb of Handsworth. He came from a family of Staffordshire pottery artists. His father was a principal modeller for Wedgwood pottery from 1876–881 and also an artist.2 His brother was the sculptor Albert Toft.
He was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
In 1910, 1912 and 1914 he was one of the artists who represented Britain at the Venice Biennale3 He also designed the medal for the coronation of George V.4
Collections
- The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
- The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Staffordshire
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Museum & Art Gallery
- Hull University
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery
- Royal Collection
References
References
- "Albert Toft". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38293. Retrieved 27 June 2013. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- "Albert Toft in the DNB". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- "Venice Biennale timeline – the British Council". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- Alfonso Toft. "Medal commemorating the Coronation of George V". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 443604.
External links
External links
- Exhibition catalogue for Toft's Newfoundland paintings
- Review of Toft exhibition at the Fine Art Society in the Connoisseur magazine, 1920
- 59 artworks by or after Alfonso Toft at the Art UK site