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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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Facts about John Cotton

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  0

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21 Book References for John Cotton
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1990 Acton, David A Spectrum of Innovation Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960
(Exhibition catalog)
304 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1987 Perine, Robert The California Romantics: Harbingers of Watercolorism 96 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1981 Oko, Andrew J. and Rosemary Donegan The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect (Art Gallery of Hamiltonm Ontario) 96 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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