# 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](/source/Handsworth,_West_Midlands). He came from a family of [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire) pottery artists. His father was a principal modeller for [Wedgwood](/source/Wedgwood) pottery from 1876–88[1] and also an artist.[2] His brother was the sculptor [Albert Toft](/source/Albert_Toft).

He was a member of the [Royal Institute of Oil Painters](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Oil_Painters).

In 1910, 1912 and 1914 he was one of the artists who represented Britain at the [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale)[3] He also designed the medal for the coronation of George V.[4]

## Collections

- The [National Museum of Wales](/source/National_Museum_of_Wales), Cardiff
- [Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery](/source/Birmingham_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery)
- The [Potteries Museum & Art Gallery](/source/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery), Staffordshire
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Museum & Art Gallery
- [Hull University](/source/Hull_University)
- [Wolverhampton Art Gallery](/source/Wolverhampton_Art_Gallery)
- [Royal Collection](/source/Royal_Collection)

## References

1. ["Albert Toft"](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/38293). [doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38293](https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38293). Retrieved 27 June 2013.

1. ["Albert Toft in the DNB"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110815194511/http://www.drawpaintsculpt.com/artist-biographies/albert-toft/). Archived from [the original](http://www.drawpaintsculpt.com/artist-biographies/albert-toft) on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

1. ["Venice Biennale timeline – the British Council"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150815230046/http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/timeline/1910). Archived from [the original](http://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/timeline/1910) on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

## External links

- [Exhibition catalogue for Toft's Newfoundland paintings](http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ExhibitionOilPaintingsAndWaterColourDrawings.pdf)
- [Review of Toft exhibition](https://archive.org/stream/connoisseur58londuoft/connoisseur58londuoft_djvu.txt) at the [Fine Art Society](/source/Fine_Art_Society) in the *Connoisseur* magazine, 1920

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