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Nr. 353 (August 1922)
DOI Artikel:Cundall, Herbert M.: The Cotman Exhibition at the Tate Gallery
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21396#0091
THE COTMAN EXHIBITION
'A SHADY POOL—WHERE THE GRETA
JOINS THE TEES." (WATER-COLOUR
*7iX 13J IN.) BY JOHN SELL COTMAN
(Lent by National Gallery of Scotland)
Colman, and the Church Porch at Louviers, phases. Besides private collectors, amongst
are good examples. The Interior of whom Mr. Russell J. Colman of Norwich
Trentham Church, with its brilliantly lent nearly a hundred works, various
coloured pulpit hanging, though painted public institutions sent contributions. As
earlier, shows the feeling for strong colour, objects cannot be removed from the
Through the influence of Lady Palgrave British Museum, the authorities arranged a
and the strong support of Turner he ob- special display of the works of Cotman and
tained the post of Drawing Master at King's other painters of the Norwich School at the
College School, London, and was relieved same time in their own building. It in-
from anxieties. He now tried figure paint- eluded the collection acquired from the late
ing and imaginary compositions, but with Mr. James Reeve, containing many of Cot-
no great success. 0000 man's finest early water-colour and pencil
The exhibition was very complete, drawings. At the Victoria and Albert
except for his pencil drawings and etchings. Museum the Cotman drawings were also
It showed Cotman in all his different specially grouped together. 0 0
71
'A SHADY POOL—WHERE THE GRETA
JOINS THE TEES." (WATER-COLOUR
*7iX 13J IN.) BY JOHN SELL COTMAN
(Lent by National Gallery of Scotland)
Colman, and the Church Porch at Louviers, phases. Besides private collectors, amongst
are good examples. The Interior of whom Mr. Russell J. Colman of Norwich
Trentham Church, with its brilliantly lent nearly a hundred works, various
coloured pulpit hanging, though painted public institutions sent contributions. As
earlier, shows the feeling for strong colour, objects cannot be removed from the
Through the influence of Lady Palgrave British Museum, the authorities arranged a
and the strong support of Turner he ob- special display of the works of Cotman and
tained the post of Drawing Master at King's other painters of the Norwich School at the
College School, London, and was relieved same time in their own building. It in-
from anxieties. He now tried figure paint- eluded the collection acquired from the late
ing and imaginary compositions, but with Mr. James Reeve, containing many of Cot-
no great success. 0000 man's finest early water-colour and pencil
The exhibition was very complete, drawings. At the Victoria and Albert
except for his pencil drawings and etchings. Museum the Cotman drawings were also
It showed Cotman in all his different specially grouped together. 0 0
71