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DOI Artikel:Cundall, Herbert M.: The Cotman Exhibition at the Tate Gallery
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THE COTMAN EXHIBITION
sister of Cotman's wife. (Not his own
sister as stated in the introduction to the
official catalogue. Also Cotman married
Ann Miles, and not Mills as given in the
catalogue.) He became the leading spirit
and carried on the traditions of the school.
When Cotman left for London the Norwich
School came to an end. 000
John Sell Cotman, the son of a thriving
silk mercer, was born in Norwich in 1782.
In his early days he showed signs of a
desire to become an artist, and used to
wander into the country to make sketches
of landscapes and old buildings. When
sixteen years of age, in spite of Opie's
advice to his father to " let him rather
black boots than follow the profession of
an artist," young Cotman was sent to
London to receive a training in art. Here
he had the good fortune to come under the
patronage of Dr. Munro, and it was prob-
ably at his hospitable abode that Cotman
first met Girtin and Turner. Like these
two young artists Cotman was one of the
first to break away from the trammels of
the tinted drawings of the topographical
draughtsman, and gave luminosity and the
strong colours of Nature in his drawings.
During his first residence in London Cot-
man made many excursions into Surrey
and went to Devon and Wales. Later he
travelled to the North, visiting Yorkshire,
Durham and Lincolnshire. During this
period he painted in a severe and simple
manner with flat washes. Durham Cathe-
dral, the Draining Mill in Lincolnshire (both
in the Reeve Collection), the two of Greta
Bridge—one belonging to Mr. Russell J.
Colman and the other in the Reeve Collec-
tion—and the Mousehold Heath are among
his finest works. A Shady Pool, where the
Greta joins the Tees, with its deep blue sky,
belongs to the same period. In Twickenham
—Mid-Day, whilst painted in the same
direct manner, one sees a touch of the
bright colour which he developed later.
Girtin died whilst young, Turner with his
miserly habits and strong commercial
64
'RUINS WITH CATTLE
(WATER-COLOUR 7|X I2§ IN.)
BY JOHN SELL COTMAN
(Lent by V. Rienaecker, Esq.)
sister of Cotman's wife. (Not his own
sister as stated in the introduction to the
official catalogue. Also Cotman married
Ann Miles, and not Mills as given in the
catalogue.) He became the leading spirit
and carried on the traditions of the school.
When Cotman left for London the Norwich
School came to an end. 000
John Sell Cotman, the son of a thriving
silk mercer, was born in Norwich in 1782.
In his early days he showed signs of a
desire to become an artist, and used to
wander into the country to make sketches
of landscapes and old buildings. When
sixteen years of age, in spite of Opie's
advice to his father to " let him rather
black boots than follow the profession of
an artist," young Cotman was sent to
London to receive a training in art. Here
he had the good fortune to come under the
patronage of Dr. Munro, and it was prob-
ably at his hospitable abode that Cotman
first met Girtin and Turner. Like these
two young artists Cotman was one of the
first to break away from the trammels of
the tinted drawings of the topographical
draughtsman, and gave luminosity and the
strong colours of Nature in his drawings.
During his first residence in London Cot-
man made many excursions into Surrey
and went to Devon and Wales. Later he
travelled to the North, visiting Yorkshire,
Durham and Lincolnshire. During this
period he painted in a severe and simple
manner with flat washes. Durham Cathe-
dral, the Draining Mill in Lincolnshire (both
in the Reeve Collection), the two of Greta
Bridge—one belonging to Mr. Russell J.
Colman and the other in the Reeve Collec-
tion—and the Mousehold Heath are among
his finest works. A Shady Pool, where the
Greta joins the Tees, with its deep blue sky,
belongs to the same period. In Twickenham
—Mid-Day, whilst painted in the same
direct manner, one sees a touch of the
bright colour which he developed later.
Girtin died whilst young, Turner with his
miserly habits and strong commercial
64
'RUINS WITH CATTLE
(WATER-COLOUR 7|X I2§ IN.)
BY JOHN SELL COTMAN
(Lent by V. Rienaecker, Esq.)