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John Cotton

John Wesley Cotton (1868 - 1931) was active/lived in California, Ontario / Canada.  John Cotton is known for Landscape, figure, genre, etcher, lecturer.

The following information is provided by Elfrieda Moroney and is from a catalogue of an exhibition of the artist titled "John Wesley Cotton at the Fine Art Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in MAY 1931".

AQUATINTS IN COLOUR BY JOHN COTTON

JOHN COTTON -- Painter-Etcher - was born in Dundas, Ontario, Canada and received his early art training in Toronto. Later he studied in Chicago and in London, England.  He has found subjects for pencil and brush in England, Belgium, France and Spain, as well as in various part of the United States and Canada. During the World War (1) he was stationed in France with the Educational Corps of the A.E.F. after the armistice having charge of the Etching Department of the University of Beaune.

For the past twelve years his home has been in California, where the color and charm of mountain, desert, moorland and sea have called forth his best effort. Formerly a member of the O.S.A., he is a member of California Art C   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6468 characters.]  Artist bio

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Research resources

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Keywords and Quick Facts for John Cotton


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Regionalism, Local Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
  • England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
  • Europe
  • New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
  • Art Students League, New York
  • California Art Club-
  • California Watercolor Society
  • Chicago Society of Etchers
  • Salmagundi Club, New York City
  • Toronto Art Students League
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
  • California Art Club
  • California Watercolor Society-
  • Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago

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