John Ery Coleman (October 28, 1923 – April 25, 1993) was an American artist active during the latter half of the twentieth century.
[1] Coleman's family attended the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, and viewed Jesse Owens win his four gold medals.
Coleman and his brother spent several summers in the United States in the late 1930s before leaving Europe for a final time on the eve of World War II.
Coleman enlisted after a year's college as a private in the U.S. Army on April 3, 1943, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
[1][3] After the war years, Coleman studied art in Mexico City under Professor Isidoro Ocampo and in Paris with Johnny Friedlaender.