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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]

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  1. ^ "Albert Toft". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38293. Retrieved 27 June 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Albert Toft in the DNB". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Venice Biennale timeline – the British Council". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. ^ Alfonso Toft. "Medal commemorating the Coronation of George V". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 443604.
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