When did John Sell Cotman live?

John Sell Cotman lived from 1782 to 1842.

What movement was John Sell Cotman part of?

John Sell Cotman was part of the British Romanticism and Romanticism movements.

How many John Sell Cotman paintings are in the archive?

There are 99 paintings by John Sell Cotman in the Artifact World Gallery archive.

Where can I see paintings by John Sell Cotman?

Paintings by John Sell Cotman are held by Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Art and Cleveland Museum of Art.

John Sell Cotman · 99 Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

British, 1782–1842

John Sell Cotman was a British British Romanticism artist. 99 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. John Sell Cotman was born in Norwich.

John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Born in Norwich, the son of a silk merchant and lace dealer, Cotman was educated at the Norwich Grammar School. He showed an early talent for art.

It was intended that he followed his father into the family business but, intent on a career in art, he moved to London in 1798, where he met artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Peter de Wint and Thomas Girtin, whose sketching club he joined, and whom he travelled with to Wales and Surrey. By 1800 he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy, showing scenes of the Welsh countryside there in 1801 and 1802. His drawing expeditions took him throughout southern Britain, and to Yorkshire, where he stayed with the Cholmeley family during the three summers of 1803–1805. His sons Miles Edmund and John Joseph Cotman became notable painters in their own right.