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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

• 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

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

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