Alfonso Toft
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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 1876–88[1] 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 Biennale[3] He also designed the medal for the coronation of George V.[4]
Collections
[edit | edit source]- 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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Exhibition catalogue for Toft's Newfoundland paintings
- Review of Toft exhibition at the Fine Art Society in the Connoisseur magazine, 1920
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