A native of Portland, Maine, he was known for his landscape and marine paintings.

He eventually produced more mature works of romanticized landscape views.

One of his more important commissions was to paint five fireboards (decorative panels placed over hearths during the summertime) in the landscape style for the Portland mansion of shipbuilder James Deering.

[2] As his greatest promoter,[3] and through his connections, Neal was likely most responsible for Codman becoming as established, patronized painter.

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