Painter who was born and worked in Bexleyheath, Kent. He studied at Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art, 1936–9 and 1948–50. Showed at RA, NS, RBA, Chelsea Art Society, Bristol City Art Gallery, New Metropole Arts Centre in Folkestone and abroad. He was elected ROI in 1954 and won the James Bourlet Prize at the 1982 centenary exhibition. Charman was also a prizewinner in the 1977 Greater London Council Spirit of London show. City of London Guildhall holds his work.