John Sell Cotman

John Sell Cotman ( born May 16, 1782 Norwich, † July 24, 1842 in London ) was an English Romantic painter.

Life

Cotman was born in 1782 in Norwich in the English county of Norfolk, the son of a cloth merchant. From a young age, he studied in the open studio of watercolor artist Thomas Girtin. 1800 was the first exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Numerous tours have taken him through the landscapes of Britain, which from then on were his main theme. Cotman earned his living as an art teacher, first in Norwich, and later at King's College London. He married in 1809 Ann Miles with whom he had four sons and one daughter. From 1817 to 1820 he made three trips to Normandy, which influenced him greatly. His sketchbooks from these trips were published in 1822. In 1825 he became a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, the Royal Watercolour Society later, and in 1934 professor of painting at King 's College.

His talent for the line led him to a job as a graphic designer, which invariably also affected his landscapes, the dunned in their area stringing setting is not bright and dark areas of color to Japanese woodcuts and anticipated the modern 20th century painting.

The Aqueduct of Chirk

Entmastete Brigg

River landscape with cattle herd